"I began this last painting with the intention of creating a visual version of a Christmas hymn - all the glory, exaltation and orchestration of an "Angels, We Have Heard on High" or "Joy to the World". To do this I envisioned an assembly of characters including a choir of children, wispy angels, trumpeting angels, flower bearers and soaring doves. Individually, these images provided pleasing scenarios, but collectively, there was too much chaos for one painting. After completing the design I realized that it overshadowed the central image in the series, "...no room for them in the inn", and most importantly, the image provided no depth, no symbolic elements, which I really enjoy including in my work whenever I can. I simplified my composition to three characters, one of whom carries lilies, ten soaring doves and a cross. Of course, the color scheme incorporates many of the same tones I utilized in the first three pieces in the series. This repetition of colors is what will make the series hang well together."

- Tom duBois