Another painting that took a good while complete, the thorns almost drove me crazy. I am fairly pleased with how the painting turned out though. Amidst the thorns, you can just barley see the Arabic words spelling “grace.” I always recall the popular Sunday school acronym for grace as God’s riches at Christ’s expense.
“The key is, once we come into Christ, even though we’re born again on the inside, the window still hasn’t changed. And the window, we still have to clean it. And the best thing to clean the window with is with God’s Word. And so…
This piece was filmed during its painting. The visual is simple enough – Jesus praying so intensely that He sweats blood. I wanted the painting not only to emphasize Jesus’ forehead, but also appear bright in contrast to the dark Gethsemane setting at the base…
Most ambigrams are design marvels that display the same word upside down as it does right-side up. This painting is meant to be viewed both ways as well. The gray and tan tones reveal the face of Christ looking up from His death on the…