Peter's Denial and Restoration

Simon Peter is one of the most complex characters in the New Testament, by turns swaggering and cowardly, devout and doubting. C.S. Lewis has well captured his personality in the mouse Reepacheep of Prince Caspian fame.

Rockfalls (2009) (10" x 3 3/4" x 5")

assemblage in wooden box

This piece centers on Peter's denial of Christ and its aftermath. The crowing cock can be seen on the Japanese playing cards on the lid.

Rockfalls (inside lid)

 Images of Petros (the rock), Christ's command to "feed my sheep," and the serpent tempting Peter are intermingled here.

Rockfalls (interior)



Peter's dual nature and ultimate fate are portrayed in the interior of the assemblage..