“I am originally from Canada. I traveled to Israel in 1977 with the intention of working on a Kibbutz for six months. I am now an Israeli citizen, married with two sons, and have been living in Israel for over 33 years.

“My draw to Israel was a personal search for God. I was fascinated with the birth of Israel as a nation only three years after the devastation of the Jewish people in the Holocaust. I perceived that if there is a God, He must have something to do with the Jewish people. How could they have survived without an intervention of God with so much against them? Not only the Holocaust but their declaration of Statehood in 1948.

“Everything began for me during these years in the Kibbutz. I became a believer in Jesus. I received residency in Israel, served in the Israeli Army, and fought in the first Lebanon war. I met my wife Dafna and married. I began to learn how to sculpt and this developed an inner spiritual language for me. Processing through a piece of work became like a prayer or intercession. I would meditate for hours on a particular theme or idea as I touched it artistically.

“Through my years of relationship to the Jewish people and this land, I have learned the deep controversy of the person of Jesus towards them. During the last twelve years, I have completed five major works that in some way touch the remembrance of the six million that perished in the Holocaust.”
excerpted from Rick Wienicke’s official website

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"The Mercy Seat"

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"Joseph Receiving the Robe"

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"Joseph Revealing Himself to His Brothers"

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"Embrace of Jacob and Joseph"

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"Choosing of the Soldier"

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"Naomi and Ruth"

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"Worship"

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"Valley of Dry Bones"

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"Nativity"

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"Fulfillment of the Promise"

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"The Good Samaritan"

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"Prodigal Son"

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"The Sower and the Reaper"

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"Mary Breaking the Alabaster Jar"

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"Gethsemane"

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"The Saving of the Thief"

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"The Lukewarm Church"

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"The Vengeance of the Lamb"

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"Lion of Judah"