The story of this print
Still water, an empty boat and the first light of day: the scene was already quiet before the words were added. An old wooden rowing boat rests on a strip of pebbly shore in the lower right, its bow pointing out over a lake so calm it holds the whole sky. A rope runs from the stern to the bank. Across the water a low line of trees and soft blue hills marks the far shore, and above them the sun has just cleared the ridge, a small orange disc in a sky that moves from pale yellow at the top through apricot to rose pink near the horizon. In the upper part of that sky, centered, the verse is set: Be still, and know that I am God. The reference Psalm 46:10 sits beneath it in small italics.
The lettering is typeset over the finished painting by our own code, in Cormorant Garamond, an old-style serif with fine strokes, colored a warm dark umber drawn from the rust and brown of the boat’s planks. The line is only the opening words of the verse, which is how most people know it, and it is set small enough that the sky stays open around it. Below, the painting is unchanged: the boat built from palette-knife planks of gray, blue-gray, rust and cream with blocks of dark red and blue inside the hull, the shore a scatter of short strokes in tan, ocher and gray, and the water and sky broad, smooth passages of pink, lavender and gold with visible, thick brush marks.
As scripture wall art it is made for the rooms where people go to be quiet: a bedroom, a study, a reading corner, a counselor’s office or a church lounge. The wide shape fits above a bed, a sofa or a sideboard, and the pinks and golds sit well with warm white, blush and soft gray. The same scene without the verse hangs as Lake at Sunrise. It pairs with Dove Over Still Water, another picture of calm water at dawn, and with Psalm 23:2 — Green Pastures for a second lettered piece in the same serif.
About this design
One of our own studio designs, created here at Large Art Shop and printed fresh for you when you order. Curious how it came to life? We are happy to share: open “Is it a painting?” in the questions on this page.
Designed in our own studio and printed from our original digital file, so you won't find this exact piece anywhere else.
Questions
What does it show?
A weathered wooden rowing boat pulled up onto a pebbly shore at the lower right, tied by a rope, with an empty, still lake behind it, low blue hills across the water and the sun a small orange disc in a sky of pink, apricot and gold. Across the upper sky, in a warm dark-umber serif, are the words Be still, and know that I am God. with Psalm 46:10 in small italics beneath.
Is it a painting?
It's one of our own studio designs, imagined with the help of AI image tools in a painterly oil style, then printed fresh for you on the finish you choose. Not hand-painted, and not a copy of an existing artwork.
Which Bible translation is the verse?
The King James Version, which is in the public domain. The wording was checked against a KJV source before it was set. The same picture without the verse is sold as Lake at Sunrise if you prefer it plain.
Which rooms does it suit?
It suits a bedroom, a living room, a study, a quiet reading corner or a church lounge, and the wide 3:2 shape fits above a bed, a sofa or a sideboard. The pinks, golds and lavenders go with warm white, blush, soft gray and natural wood, and the dark lettering stays readable against the pale sky.
How is it made?
It is printed to order for you, in the finish you choose: a float frame canvas, a classic frame canvas, a stretched canvas, a rolled canvas or an acrylic panel. Both frames come in Black or Antique Gold. The size and finish picker shows which sizes each finish is made in.
Colors vary a little between screens and canvas. The previews are drawn, not photographed, and are a close match to the printed piece.
