9" x 12" - Oil on Canvas Board - Realism

Transformation is more than a painting of a butterfly and flowers—it is a reflection of my own story.

There was a time when I felt spiritually dead, lost in darkness, wondering if I would ever become the person God created me to be. Like the monarch butterfly, transformation did not happen overnight. It took years of surrender, healing, and learning to trust Christ through every season.

The butterfly represents the new life that only Jesus can bring. The flowers symbolize the beauty that can bloom even after long seasons of brokenness. What once seemed impossible became a testimony of God's faithfulness. He patiently transformed my heart, not all at once, but little by little, until I could finally see His purpose in my life.

This painting is my testimony. It reminds me that no matter how long the journey takes, God is always at work. I am living proof that He still transforms hearts. In Christ, what once was dead has been made alive, and what was broken has become beautiful. My prayer is that everyone who sees this painting will know there is hope, because no one is beyond God's redeeming love and transforming grace.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

Romans 12:2 (NIV)

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Ephesians 2:4–5 (NIV)

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”

Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV)

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

With gratitude to the One who makes all things new,

—Trisa Angelle

Completed August 2026