The Upper Room
Image Size: 28”w x 22”h
Framed Size: 33”w x 27”h
Mixed media on canvas

This painting is full of symbolism and scripture focusing on Jesus’s work here on Earth. The first scripture that Denver was focusing on here is in Acts:

Acts 9: 36 – 43
36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 The Upper Room
About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.
 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”
39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room.
 All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed.
 Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.
 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.
 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.

The Upper Room was also a place referred to as where Jesus hosted the Last Supper.
The figure in this painting represents a person looking for the pathway to eternal life. The 3 crosses from the Crucifixion make up a large portion of that pathway, which leads to heaven.
 The 3 brown jugs represent water jugs where Jesus turned water into wine.