Christ

Acrylic on canvas. Actual size: 14X10 (as best I recall)
Private Collection
Prints Available

About: This painting was done for a dear friend whom I have only ever known online, well and once in a short long distance phone conversation. She was among the earliest to comment on a former blog of mine that ran 2.4 years, was  a consistent commenter and, perhaps fittingly, ended up being the very last to comment. The painting came about like this: My friend saw a sketch on this site on an earlier incarnonion of this blog (hat tip to doogie for "incarnonion") and asked if I might turn it into a painting. The sketch was very rough and contained elements that were removed for the painting because I wanted to focus in exclusively on the head of Christ. The texture is course and prickly. In real life you can touch the canvas and feel bumps and tiny spiked bits which do not show up well in this poor quality digital photo. I used a retardant medium and let it get very goopy before applying paint into the goo. Several applications of this achieved the tactile end I was hoping for. Prints on 8.5 X 11 on quality gloss photo paper are available for 25.00 USD plus shipping (usually another 5 for anywhere in Canada or the USA). Signed prints are 30.00 E-mail if interested. ::thrive! O