Psalm 12—Artwork

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Allee Nesbitt

About the Artist • About the Piece

I’m Allee. I do creative direction, design, and branding for an urban planning company based out of San Francisco, CA. I’ve been attending Park Church since 2016. Park is where I met my husband, Cody, and now we have two little guys who make life very fun (2.5 years and 3 months). Life these days is mostly a mix of toddler negotiations, baby snuggles, and reheated coffee.

This design is inspired by Psalm 12, a lament for a world overflowing with noise, division, performance, and fractured truth. When I read this psalm, it felt deeply connected to the world we live in today. It can feel easy to get swept into outrage, fear, and the pressure to choose sides rather than remain grounded in the steady truth of who God is. I often find myself caught between seeking approval from others and resting in the truth of who God says I am. In Psalm 12, God’s words are described as “pure words, like silver refined seven times” — untouched by sin, steady in love, and completely trustworthy.

The hands throughout the piece represent desperation, prayer, surrender, and the longing to reach toward God in the midst of confusion. The snake, scale, eye, and hourglass symbolize deception, imbalance, spiritual exhaustion, and the slow erosion of trust that can happen when we are shaped more by the world’s division than by Christ’s love and truth. In contrast, the silver, sun, and window reflect refinement, guidance, hope, and the steadiness of God’s presence. Together, these symbols point back to the heart of Psalm 12: a reminder that even in a fractured world, God’s truth remains pure, faithful, and worthy of our trust.