Ruth Speer is an upcoming contemporary artist that focuses on oil paintings on a wooden/mdf surface. Her work involves art movements such as the Renaissance and the pre Raphaelite, but with a supernatural twist.
This painting of her’s is entitled; ‘Allmercy.’

I found Speer’s work on Instagram and then found that she has a portfolio online devoted to all of her pieces.
Something that Speer heavily references when posting about her work is religion; specifically, Christianity.

The verse: “For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.” – Zechariah 10:2, is a verse from the Bible and ‘Allmercy’ relates to this through the lack of sight that beholds the being within the painting – thus creating the idea of being lost and trying to find a pathway forwards.

In addition, this painting resembles classical paintings usually seen in churches depicting characters such as Jesus and his mother the Virgin Mary. These paintings depict them with gold or yellow circles around their heads, much like the painting above – putting forth the idea that part of the inspiration for this piece was Christianity.

Bibliography:

https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Sorcery-And-Magic