Genesis 3:15

A giant Leap2024Genesis 3:15 is often referred to as the “first Gospel” because, from the moment of the Fall, it contains a promise of final victory over evil.

This monumental oil painting is imbued with iconographic signs rooted in the biblical narrative of Genesis, Chapter 3. At its core is a visual metaphor: a giant's stride that simultaneously marks the earth and reveals its Achilles' heel. This foundational image questions the birth of the world as we know it—an origin where power and vulnerability coexist, and where the fundamental flaw is structurally integrated into the very architecture of reality. The work is a mirror of the artist’s own trajectory: it reflects an ascent interrupted and a past struggle to maintain presence within the demanding art world. Hadassa Ngamba considers this piece crucial to her artistic pathway.

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

Genesis 3:15 - (KJV)

Photography and text by Ralph Dum