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Cain and Abel by ~jeriah:iconjeriah:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

©2006-2009 ~jeriah
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2004, oil on canvas, 4' x 5'. This is another "Dinosaurs in the Bible" image. It answers the nettlesome old question of why God honored Cain's sacrifice of meat but not Abel's sacrifice of grain: clearly God is a carnivore, and what more fitting carnivore than Tyrannosaurus rex, the "Tyrant King?" Cain is transformed into an apelike hominid to mark him. This painting is partly inspired by the book, "Ishmael."

edit: God, what a terrible photo. I'll have to try and take a better one.

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~djhakkai Apr 3, 2006, 10:37:56 PM
i really like this, a lot, the only critique is how the photo is taken it doesnt do the piece justice, but its all good in the hood yo......or something either way good job :clap:

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~Reyne Apr 4, 2006, 5:08:09 PM
Mucho passion in your work man. Very impressive. Nice colours/tone/light. Great concepts and symbolism.

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~EndOfWorld Apr 6, 2006, 5:24:28 AM
"why God honored Cain's sacrifice of meat but not Abel's sacrifice of grain"

Apologies in advance, for this is not critque of your art style, but of the accuracy of your description. I believe you have it backwards. According the to the bible, It was Abel who sacrificed meat and Cain who sacrificed grain. God honored Abels sacrfice. Cain was angry/jealous and killed Abel.
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~jeriah Apr 6, 2006, 10:43:47 AM
Yes, of course, you are correct. Thank you for pointing that out; I shall edit the entry accordingly.
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~Kuwaizair Apr 10, 2006, 6:36:18 AM
wasn't his grain sacrifice 'half assed and unsinceare" or so I'm trying to recall, the lamb was the choiciest of his flock, the grain was just grain. I forget. I always wounderd myself, thats what people told me.

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~coppergecko Apr 10, 2006, 8:13:34 AM
Ishmael is one of my favorite books, so props to you.

Your T-rex is looking great my friend, but you have anatomy issues in general.
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*PatGoltz May 28, 2006, 10:31:08 PM
It was Abel who brought meat, and Cain brought produce.

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Comments in other languages welcome.

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~akyra Jun 8, 2006, 10:01:03 AM
to take better photographs of artwork, take it outside on a sunny day and put it in the shade, and use a tripod. then monkey with it in photoshop to resize it and tweak the colors a little, whatever it takes to make it more accurate.
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~Acrylicdreams Sep 15, 2006, 3:32:37 AM
I have no idea why your work doesn´t get more attention! Your ideas are very unique and your painting skills are great!

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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
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May 27, 2004, 4:04:08 AM

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