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Noah and the Dove

A small leaf: the first sign that the waters were going down.

Genesis 6:13–8:12

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Genesis 8:11

What is happening

God tells Noah to build an ark of gopher wood and to bring his family and the animals inside. The rain falls for forty days and forty nights and the waters cover the earth. After many months Noah sends out a raven, then a dove. The first dove finds no rest. The second comes back in the evening with an olive leaf in her mouth, and Noah knows the waters are going down.

Why it matters

Noah believed what he could not yet see (Hebrews 11:7). The small leaf is the first sign that the flood is ending and that a new beginning is coming.

Scales

  • Small, 12 × 16 in — More intimate. The work sits within the room rather than leading it.
  • Classic, 18 × 24 in — Our natural starting point: present enough to hold the wall, with room to breathe around it.
  • Large, 24 × 32 in — More presence across the room. The work becomes a stronger architectural element.

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