+++++ What Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++ "My wife and I spent the night at a kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee, near locations which were the very heart and soul of Jesus' ministry. I awoke early to capture the effect of sunrise on these holy waters. But I wanted Sunrise, Sea of Galilee to celebrate the grace of the fishing boats that work these waters today, as they did when Jesus choose fishermen as His first disciples. I shifted my position imaginatively, so that I could include both the handsome fishing boat and the distant hills painted gold by the glory of morning sun." ~~Thomas Kinkade

Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee is also known as the Sea of Tiberias and the Sea of Gennesaretto. Today, Israelis call the Sea by the biblical name Kinneret. The Sea is actually a fresh water lake that lies roughly 650 feet below sea level (lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea) and is only about 14 miles by 7 miles. It was on these shores that Jesus delivered sermons and performed miracles including calming the stormy sea (Mathew 8) and walking on the water (Mathew 14). Kinkade created The Sea of Galilee as a peaceful romantic image. He had an idea of adding a fishing boat to the scene because he noted many references to fishing within the scriptures. He felt it would be a appropriate addition. "I will make you fishers of men." He used examples of old fishing boats shown in photos he saw in the kibbutz at dinner time as inspiration.