The Good Samaritan

Sometimes one hobby can be recycled into another.  For years I collected antique bottles until there was no more room in the house to adequately display them. Then I concentrated on patent medicine bottles and related paper items.  Some pieces in my collection seemed perfect for the subject of Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan.

Neighbor (2008) (11 3/8" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/4")



I thought the patent medicine bottle ("Elixer of Opium") and old advertisements went well with the engravings from an English boy's periodical and a leather postcard which illustrated the various stages of the story.  Apparently others thought so too since this collage/assemblage was chosen to be included in CIVA's travelling show entitled  "Touch, Anoint and Heal: God With Us."  CIVA, for those not acquainted with the organization, stands for Christians in the Visual Arts.  See civa.org for more information on this show and other activities that they sponsor.