Give Us Today Our Daily Bread, by Steve Turner
The familiar loaf and common cup of the Eucharist are partnered here with a second image of food meant to be shared. The everyday and the sacred rituals around the blessing of food meet in this diptych where the holy becomes everyday and the everyday becomes holy. The meticulous style of Steve Turner’s work has the pacing of a prayer itself. Turner, who directs the food outreach ministry of Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Louis, says, “Food is a basic need for all of us—whether we have sufficient or are hungry. . . . We give thanks for both our daily provisions and for spiritual nourishment.” Give Us Today Our Daily Bread is oil on canvas with two 12'' x 12'' panels in a shadow box.
