This freedom piece is part of a series created to be in a theme of freedom 2024 calendar inspired and collaborated with The Set Free Movement. This organization and ministry is on fire and empowered to see holistic freedom to people around the world caught in slavery. It was a privilege to work with this ministry and create for Freedom. A good time to remind you that a portion of EVERY purchase you make at tealpatrickart goes towards freedom ministries like Set Free!

The same vulnerability I feel with these colors and design is how I feel listening to 'Defender' by Rita Springer. Released a couple years ago now, the lyrics are timeless to me and continue to speak truth long after the music stops. How many times have we needed to hear some of these words as an anthem over what we can't fix, change, or run from? How much I need to swim in the constant stream of praise, worship, and bowing down to the only one worthy, the only one able to be my ultimate defense.

“You go before I know you've even

gone to win my war

You come back with the head of my enemy

You come back and you call it my victory..

You go before I know

That you've even gone to win my war

Your love becomes my greatest defense

It leads me from the dry wilderness

And all I did was praise

All I did was worship

All I did was bow down, and

All I did was stay still

Hallelujah You have saved me

So much better your way

Hallelujah, great defender

So much better your way

When I thought I lost me

you knew where I left me

You reintroduced me to your love

You picked up all my pieces

Put me back together

You are the defender of my heart”

Original mixed media waterolor on 140lb Canson watercolor paper with imitation metallic gold and copper leafing. Unframed

size 11x14”