Narrow Path To New Earth (2025) Original Collage by Emma Mullender

I created the collage by digitally enhancing photographs and artisan wrapping paper. The collage includes a complimentary red mount. The image is A2, but the mount makes it A1.

I found inspiration from the biblical metaphor of 'the narrow gate and hard road leading to life' (Matthew 7:13-14), which points toward spiritual transformation, eternal reward, and the ultimate promise of a renewed dwelling place with God.

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

-Matthew 7:13-14


“Let us meditate until we perceive the Infinite Christ reigning in our own hearts. Let us learn to love those who love us not and to forgive those who do ill against us. Let us break all our mental boundaries of colour, creed, and nationality and receive all – even our inanimate and animal brothers – in the endless, all-embracing arms of our Christ Consciousness. This will be a true and fitting celebration of the coming of Jesus Christ to this earth.”

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

Materials used:

A mixed media collage created on card, with the use of an assortment of wrapping papers and digitally enhanced photographs

Details:

• Collage on Paper on board
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 60 x 84 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 42 x 60cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits