08/22/2026
“Even This”
Original oil painting
Frog portrait
This piece shows that we can sometimes overlook the simplest parts of God’s creation. A frog might not be the first thing we think of when we think about something beautiful, but God created it too. Every little detail, every color, every weird little feature was still something He chose to make.
That’s what I love about this piece. It’s just a frog, but it’s also a reminder that nothing God created is meaningless or accidental.
This is part of my Creation Series, along with my bird, turtle, and deer. Each piece has made me stop and look a little closer at the things God created that I might normally overlook.
But this frog also starts something new for me. It is the first piece in my series on the Ten Plagues of Egypt.
The plagues are such a powerful and honestly intense part of Scripture. I don’t want to paint them in a way that only focuses on the destruction and judgment. I want to capture the power behind the story. I want someone to look at these paintings and be drawn in by what they see, and then realize there is a much deeper story underneath it.
Because before this frog represented a plague, it was God’s creation.
And I think that makes this piece even more meaningful. Something so small and ordinary can become part of a story that shows just how powerful God is.
Created by God. Used by God. Part of a story much bigger than itself.
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“How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” — Psalm 104:24
“If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country.” — Exodus 8:2
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