{"id":20164,"date":"2026-06-25T22:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T03:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belovedgallery.org\/?p=20164"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:43:43","slug":"iam_beloved-meet-dana-sleger-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedgallery.org\/es\/iam_beloved-meet-dana-sleger-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#iam_beloved: Dana Sleger Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dana Sleger grew up watching her mother paint \u2014 a prophetic artist who \u201ccatches\u201d colors and pictures. So when Dana first saw Akiane Kramarik\u2019s <\/span>Prince of Peace<\/span><\/i>, she recognized something profoundly different, and brought her mother to Bel\u00f3ved Gallery to see it in person. In our latest #iam_beloved story of faith, Dana describes being \u201chugged by peace\u201d from the moment she walked in, and what it means to let a painting speak. Watch her story below, then read it in her own words.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cIt is my joy and my privilege to be His beloved for all the days of my life.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dana Sleger comes from a family of prophetic artists \u2014 her mother paints the colors and images she \u201ccatches,\u201d so Dana grew up fluent in the idea that art can carry more than what it depicts. Visiting Bel\u00f3ved Gallery with her mother, she was struck first by the porcelain wall of blue and gold, then by the deepening peace that led her to Akiane Kramarik\u2019s <\/span>Prince of Peace<\/span><\/i>. Drawing on C.S. Lewis\u2019s description of a \u201cbright shadow\u201d that baptized his imagination in holiness, Dana describes prophetic art as indirect communication \u2014 an invitation to encounter Jesus, where truth awakens from within each viewer. Her #iam_beloved story is a call to come with open ears and ask what the painting has to show you.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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My mom is a prophetic artist, and I grew up with her painting \u2014 these beautiful colors and pictures that she would catch \u2014 and she knows Akiane\u2019s story. Growing up in the church, you see different paintings of Jesus. You see Him crying, you see Him laughing. And when I saw this one, there was something profoundly different about it. I was captivated by it. I knew I wanted to set up a time when we could come visit.<\/span><\/p>

When we first walked into the gallery together, we were immediately taken by the porcelain wall \u2014 the blue and the gold, how it reflects and looks like water. It\u2019s like you\u2019re being hugged by peace even when you\u2019re in the lobby. And then that peace intensifies as you walk through. You read the words on the wall, you look at the paintings, and you can feel the peace getting stronger and stronger. It leads you around the corner to other paintings, and then you finally encounter the painting <\/span>Prince of Peace<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>

You are struck. It goes from seeing a painting on the internet or in a book to standing in front of it in person. All I could do was look into the eyes of Jesus \u2014 it\u2019s like an eternal landscape that keeps going and going. You feel the invitation to know Him more, to connect with His heartbeat, to live life connected to the pulse of heaven, and it moves you. You can\u2019t help but cry. My mom cried. My friends cried. I cried. The people in front of me were crying. It was a real treasure to see one prophetic artist meet another through canvas, and my mom was very moved by that. To bring her here was a beautiful story for our family.<\/span><\/p>

The beautiful thing about prophetic art is that there\u2019s an element of indirect communication to it. With direct communication, someone can tell you a profound truth and you receive it. But prophetic art is different. There\u2019s indirect communication, which means you can extract a variety of meanings \u2014 truth awakens from within someone. You could have a thousand people come in and get a thousand different meanings of what that painting is to them.<\/span><\/p>

One of my favorite stories is about C.S. Lewis. It\u2019s documented that one day he was reading a story by George MacDonald, and as he read, he could remember what he describes as a bright shadow that leapt off the page and baptized his imagination in holiness. I find that with prophetic art, in the case of Akiane, you can see how her imagination was baptized in holiness, and how she brought that imagination to describe what she was seeing. Akiane captured something really special in this painting, <\/span>Prince of Peace<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>

I believe there\u2019s a beckoning, if you will. I believe God still speaks, and it\u2019s an invitation to have an encounter with Him. There\u2019s a scripture in Proverbs that I love: \u201cThe hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.\u201d I want to encourage people \u2014 whether they\u2019ve come through the gallery already or they\u2019re preparing to visit \u2014 that God still speaks. He can speak through paintings, through art, through creativity. We see it every day. We are in partnership with the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and God is longing to speak with His sons and daughters.<\/span><\/p>

Coming to the gallery is an invitation to encounter Jesus on a deeper level. I would tell people: keep your ears open, and ask the question, \u201cWhat truth, Jesus, do You want to show me through this painting?\u201d There are too many things in my life that I can look back on that are so filled with the wonder of God, so filled with His love, that not for one moment could I ever doubt my faith in Him, my love for Him, and His love for me. It is my joy and my privilege to be His beloved for all the days of my life.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dana Sleger: #iam_beloved Story Prophetic Art and Prince of Peace – Video Dana Sleger grew up watching her mother paint \u2014 a prophetic artist who \u201ccatches\u201d colors and pictures. So when Dana first saw Akiane Kramarik\u2019s Prince of Peace, she recognized something profoundly different, and brought her mother to Bel\u00f3ved Gallery to see it in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t