Psalm 10—Artwork

Learn more about Christ in the Psalms weekly artwork and see previous pieces here.

Person: Calgary Beck

My name is Calgary and I’m 9 years old. I’m the oldest child in a family of six. Listening to fairy tales and drawing are two of my favorite things.

Piece

The heavy darkness in the drawing is showing how the psalmist feels. The eyes in the trees are the wicked hiding and their evil deeds. The tumbled down buildings are a picture of the ugliness of sin and injustice going on in normal life and the broken sadness in Psalm 10. The tree with the snake on it shows how sin can also look tempting. The bright kingdom far off represents heaven and the psalmist trusting in God’s faithfulness even in his sadness.

PROCESS: CHALK PASTEL

I was going to bed one night and I saw a kid bible that we love to read. It was depicting a path leading to beauty and happiness. I felt like that was such a big deal, and I just kept it in mind. Later, I read Psalm 10 for the first time and that was the picture that popped in my head.