Red Sea depicts the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites as recorded in Exodus 14 and referenced in Isaiah 51. The work is set to an accurate scaling with the Israelites at the bottom of the piece standing at an average of 1.5m (5ft) tall, and the waters towering above them at 310m (1,010ft) high. The Red Sea itself reaches a maximum depth of 3,040m deep, and has an average depth of 490m.
Photoshop, 30″x40″
The bottom of the work when viewed closely shows over 1,000 Israelites crossing between the parted waters. Each Israelite stands at about 1.5m (5ft) tall in the work scaling, but is only the size of the tip of a pen when viewed at the print size of this work at 30″x40″.
At the top of the work, blended into the clouds, is a faint illustration of an arm coming out of the sky wielding a sword and cutting a serpent into two pieces. This Second Temple imagery is referenced in Isaiah 51:9-10 describing the exodus crossing the Red Sea.
