Jacob's ladder

Matthew Scotland

Jacob's ladder

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Jacob's ladder belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Art Inspired by Dreams, Live, Love, Dream: , Living Christianity, Myths, Legends and Fairytales, Religious Art & Photography, Safe Haven, Spiritual Art, United Kingdom, Vibrant and Vivid Color and † The Picture of Scripture † Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Jacob's ladder by Matthew Scotland
  • Stephen Thomas

    Stephen Thomas

    Great depiction of this Bible story. Beautiful painting.

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks steve it was one of those images that had the ol’ artistic hairs
    risin on the back of the neck as a spiritual vision began moving across the face of a blank canvas

  • Joshua Frye

    Joshua Frye

    great movie, greater painting. keep up the good work!

  • Kirsten H

    Kirsten H

    Oh wow, excellent work

  • Robert O'Neill

    Robert O'Neill

    Brilliant work

  • Gareth Chalklen

    Gareth Chalklen

    A beautiful renditioning of classical biblical tale! Well done…:-)

  • Kim Soltes

    Kim Soltes

    Amazing work!!!

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    Really good work well done

  • KazM

    KazM

    wonderous

  • Dorothy Venter

    Dorothy Venter

    This is a lovely image. I especially like the spiral stairs. Have always seen it depicted as a straight ladder.

  • Max Gatrell

    Max Gatrell

    This is glorious!
    I love the story of Jacob’s Ladder (allegorical of not) and this defines it wonderfully.

    M

  • LetThemEatArt

    LetThemEatArt

    I love your spiritual vision, nicely interpreted. And speaking as someone who has experienced spiritual visions also, personally I don’t think it was allegorical !

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks vmuch for that, i fully agree with your viewpoint, allegory would not have moved me so

  • Jewd

    Jewd

    Wow, incredible artwork you are doing…I love this story…

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks a lot J, i should think you would appreciate a tale of inspired dreaming, i am enjoyingyour painted visions also

  • Haylz

    Haylz

    Beautiful work Matthew – well done.

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    wowee you are amazing!

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks for your comments Tahnja, i blush at such high praise from a painter of your calibre, the feeling is most certainly mutual : )

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    now who’s being lavish with the praise? Me? High calibre? nahhhhhh hehehe

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    lol, away you go, your humility only adds to your artistic brilliance : )

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    ok well then I think I definitely made a new friend! q:o)

  • Matthew Scotland

    Matthew Scotland

    a friend and a fan, what more could one want

  • erikzhong

    erikzhong

    I like this art, heavenly…

  • liesbeth

    liesbeth

    Great dream, great art.

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee

    This is really incredible—an amazing gift you have!

  • triforce

    triforce

    Simply stunning, i see more spirit in this than paint, as Jacob fought himself you embraced the brush. Marvellous.

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    wow thanks triforce, interesting comparison with jacobs fight and my embracement – ‘more spirit than paint’ you have a way with words that delights

  • NinaMosi Art

    NinaMosi Art

    Stunning and so meaningful…

  • Robert O'Neill

    Robert O'Neill

    Great work, once again. Fantastic imagination

  • NuckleHeadSteph

    NuckleHeadSteph

    simply beautiful!

  • BenYameen

    BenYameen

    Great to see that Biblical art still alive and well. I was beginning to wonder… Please keep up the great work!

  • imod247

    imod247

    an excellent composition love the gentleness of the work…

  • Louise Parton

    Louise Parton

    great painting matthew, beautiful

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thankyou so much louise, i am honoured

  • loramae

    loramae

    WOW…God given, God blessed! :O)

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thankyou dearly loramae, God bless you too : )

  • Melissa Kosswig

    Melissa Kosswig

    My son’s name is Jacob and he loves when I tell the story of Jacob’s ladder :) I’m sure he will love this image as well. Great job!

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    That is a fine name and role model for a lad to have, if he loved this image it would be worth more to me than the bottled gasps of a hundred art-experts

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    Did you use yourself for reference? Just wondering cause now that you have a new pic I can see a semblance. I still really love the emotion and brilliance of the tale you have told in this painting. You are such a rare soul my friend

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    well how very well spotted, i am impressed and honoured, yes i am that Jacobian imposter, it is amazing what reference images one can muster with a self-timing camera and a curtain

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    hmmm well now I have sumfin to ask ye. Care to put that self-timing camera to good use again? hehehehe…seriously…want you to think about being a model for one of my painting series. I think you’d fit in real well. Sumfin to fink about….q:o)

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    well that depends if i get cruelly exploited or not, i dont want to end up naked cartwheeling, clenching a red-rose just for the sake of art : )

  • Marleia Main

    Marleia Main

    I keep coming back to this one .. I really love it. You paintings are amazing Matthew!!

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    Stunning art, you have vision!

    “Vision – It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.”
    Robert Collier.

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks so much steve for saying so – and great quote – ive never heard that before – superb

  • sunshine0

    sunshine0

    Wow, this is an awsome image! I love art that tells a story.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh

    Wonderful depiction of this biblical scene, so heavenly; great work.

  • Shannon Paskaruk

    Shannon Paskaruk

    fantastic work

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    cheers shannon

  • Marleia M Main

    Marleia M Main

    Hey my favorite painting made the rb home page!!! Woowho!!! Very nice! I will stalk u later mister!! ; )

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    hey woohoo – you must have impeccable taste – oh yeah wanna stalk me now i’m famous – not if i stalk you first sister

  • Jace

    Jace

    Wow, that is so nice.

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks

  • flokot

    flokot

    great work! For what it’s worth, I believe this story is true!

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks flokot, i’m so glad others do in these sophisticated scientific times : )

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    congrats on the homepage feature today Maddy! YOU ROCK!

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    oh i know i do Tahnja, but seriously thanks so much, i’m cock-a-hoop

  • Ilunia Felczer

    Ilunia Felczer

    congrats on homepage feature!!! excellent painting….

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks a lot – it was delightful to see

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Congratulations on making the homepage!

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    oh it was such a great surprise to be famous for a day, before Obama stole the limelight

  • DNVR

    DNVR

    Awesome!....praise the LORD.

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    thanks DNVR, praise Him indeed – cheers

  • Crowmanic

    Crowmanic

    Congrats on the Home page feature, Matthew … an impressive image … I couldn’t help but note the incredible similarities to this image…
    Jacobs Ladder by Blake

    ... uncanny really … funny how our “dreams” and imagination work … TC4N

  • Matthew Scotland replied

    wow that was so very well spotted, i never exoected a connection to be seen, perhaps in dreams we find common ground, though consciously i must admit i have poured over Blake’s work and first saw the ladder spiral there – thanks for the image too

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea

    brilliant work!

  • JohnOfLightning

    JohnOfLightning

    out there, ol jacob tapped into something eh?

  • Catherine Howell

    Catherine Howell

    wonderful work!

  • TREVOR IRWIN

    TREVOR IRWIN

    This is Anointed art Matthew. God has anointed you with his excellent spirit to produce excellent results. This is one excellent result. Absolutely Beautiful.My eyes follow all the way up the ladder and what I see is to marvellous for words.

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  • oddoutlet

    oddoutlet

    great image!

  • skieslimit

    skieslimit

    Excellent work!!!

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