Featuring Ariel’s Latest Series: RIGHTEOUSNESS
An exploration on the power & throne of God
Oil on canvas
39” x 78”, 2026
I painted this work based on a vision I had. I was worshiping God and asking Him to show me His face in all His glory for a different painting. Instead, He took me to the cross, at the moment when Jesus drew His last breath and began descending to hell willingly for our sins. These were the demons I saw while we were there, including Satan himself in the middle with his arms reaching up to receive Jesus. The demons were seeing red - I imagine the power of Jesus’s blood was burning their eyes until they were defeated by Him. I did not want to be there, but I was not scared because He was with me. Miraculously, He exited out of hell through a wormhole and rose in the spirit realm in all His glory. I then saw Him on His throne, which I depict in two other paintings in the series: “Heaven” and “Revelation 1 Christ”.
Oil on canvas
58” x 48”, 2026
This vision is the grand finale of another painting in the series entitled “Willing/Seeing Red” and is also tied to Revelation 4, which writes: “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’ At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty- four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads…” Read on, it’s gets even better and is so glorious!
Acrylic and oil on canvas
This vision is based on John’s vision of Christ in Revelation 1: “… and among the lamp stands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.” Revelation 1:13-16 NIV
This vision was what prophet Ezekiel saw in Ezekiel 1-3. The heavenly creatures with four faces in the lightning bolt were so fascinating for me to study. And their spirits, which are the beryl-colored wheels above them were so fun to paint. I felt a fire in my belly while I painted God’s body on His throne on the top right. Overall, this vision captivated me and I wanted to share a visualization of this unveiling of heaven’s power to others!
48” x 48”
Oil on canvas
A prophecy from Genesis 49 was fulfilled when the Lion of the tribe of Judah emerged in His full power in Revelation 5:5, the only One worthy to open God’s scroll about all that is to come for humanity’s future. Here He is depicted.