Artwork Collection

01 For Jury Consideration

This body of work draws on biblical imagery—garden, vine, and vineyard—to reflect on the human condition. It centers on a tension between receiving and grasping: whether life is understood as given beyond the self or shaped through perception. Within spaces of abundance, distortion may remain unseen. The works question what kind of life is being formed and from what source, inviting reflection on connection to the source of life.

Vineyard Watercolor Spiritual Abstract

Painting

Abiding in Him

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.You are already clean because of the word I have spoken... More

Painting

The Song of the Vineyard

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out... More

Painting

Noah’s Vineyard

When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. (Genesis 9:21 NIV)

Painting

His tree No.2

“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.” (Psalm 1:3, NIV)

Painting

Father’s Garden

The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:9 NIV)

Work by

Xijia (Romee) Lai

Christian Artist

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.(John 1:5) Am I in the light, in the darkness, or resisting the light while embracing the dark?”