Monday, February 21, 2011


While looking through some of my unstretched older pieces I found this one. It's a painting of Jesus Christ after His resurrection. He has been walking down the road and encounters Thomas. You know the rest, Thomas asks him to let him touch his wounds so that he may believe he is the actual risen Jesus. I am most inspired when painting people from the Bible. I remember not being able to finish this painting because I was frustrated not to have the technical ability to put down on canvas what I could see in my mind. I didn't finish the wound where Jesus was pierced and I cut out the entire figure of Thomas from the painting. But I like the composition of it still, Jesus has a majestic quality that shines through . You can still see Thomas' finger reaching to touch Jesus' wound. You can see Jesus' posture, open and willing to allow the doubting Thomas to satisfy his unbelief. This piece is rather large it's about 44 inches tall and about 24 inches wide. I like the mood and atmosphere of it, very much.
I am now ready to finish this painting. If anyone is interested in commissioning me to complete it and have it restretched I would look forward to hearing from you with any and all questions concerning this piece. You can click on the pictures to see bigger versions of them.

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