The feeling that this painting is meant to convey is that you are the Roman who nailed Jesus to the cross. You can see the top and sides of your helmet and your hand clenching the hammer poised over the nail. We are all sinners. We all nailed Jesus to the cross that day.
I have always been fascinated by the way artists render cherubs. The most popular are essentially naked babies with bird wings. How awesome is it that God put a cherubim with a flaming sword at the gate of Eden after mankind’s first sin? Here, I…
The focus of this painting is on Jesus’ eyes. I’ve heard a preacher describe them as pools of everlasting love, and I tried to show all the emotion through the eyes only here. Jesus stares directly at you (focused on you) with eternal love. His…
I painted this one for my mother as well, and on the same size canvas. Normally, I use 3 to 4 different paint brushes for my paintings, but, for this one, I had to use a very fine, very small brush that held a small…