I may have drawn this particular drawing at least twenty times throughout my life. It is a simple pencil drawing, but if you look closely you will see symbols within the fingers. In an earlier version of this drawing, which I have lost, I drew paint brushes and pencils within the finger and fingernails. I may have given it to a friend, but I don’t recall exactly what happened to that piece.

I’ve used this symbolism in several of my paintings. One was at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi where I painted a wall mural for my squadron. In that particular piece, the hand held a globe representing our global support system. I think a lot of my co-workers enjoyed that piece.

Another piece I did was a 10-foot wooden Christmas card I painted for my squadron in Japan. In this piece, the hand held out an infant as a gift. The symbolism was the baby Jesus as the offering to humanity’s salvation.

If you have viewed several of my art pieces, you may have noticed I like drawing hands. I don’t have a very good explanation for this, since the hand is probably one of the hardest parts of the body to draw. Only second to a person’s face.

I do like drawing and painting the human hand. I feel the hand’s strength and its frailty can be captured simultaneously in art. It was fun to draw. I hope you like this piece.