The Gate of the Year

This painting was inspired by a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins, titled "God Knows".It is a beautiful painting that could be a conversation piece or simply a subject for quiet contemplation. Beautiful impasto throughout.

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” 
And he replied: 
“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.” 
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.