Early Morning with the Savior
Sopheap Nhem
- Medium
Cambodia
2014
Oil on canvas
46 × 36 in.
Church History Museum Collection- Purchase Award
- Purchase Award
Nhem depicts the children of Cambodia surrounding Jesus, who knows each one of them individually and gathers them into His outstretched arms. They look to Him and gather happily around Him. The artist chose the colors of pink and orange because they are, for her, associated with peace and regality, symbolic of the Savior Himself. Said Jesus, “Suffer little children to come unto me, . . . for of such is the kingdom of God” (Luke 18:16).