Painted in a matter of hours using my fingers and oil paints, as I wanted to be as close to Him as possible, this image of Christ remains one of the turning points in my belief and my work as a Christian artist. He once appeared to me and asked me to ‘Draw Him’ and I did not immediately obey but remained sceptical and waited and waited for more unfolding and realisation of the path I was being asked to take.
This painting was the result, two years later after the turn of the millenium which was a significant year for me spiritually. It was the year I crossed over what is called the ‘abyss’ and I have never spoken about it or elaborated on what happened and probably never will. The only indication I will give is that it was a place where I felt no presence of God at all even though I knew He was there.
Crossing over the abyss changes your soul. We can make this crossing because of Christ – because He allowed Himself to be crucified for us. He rises above and over all of mankind still nailed to the cross, still holding our suffering which is so great we would die in an instant if we ever had to truly face it.
Christ is the Son of Almighty God.
Christ is our Saviour.
Christ is our King.
Christ is the Prince of Peace.
Christ is our brother.
Christ is our friend.
Christ is our confidante.
Christ is our Beloved.
Christ is our comfort.
Christ is our defender.
Christ is our champion.
Christ is our redeemer.
Christ is loving kindness.
Christ is humility.
Christ is obedience.
Christ is gentleness.
Christ is truth.
Christ is compassion.
Christ is forgiveness.
Christ is love.
All love.
Every love.
Unconditional love.
Love.
Let Christ’s peace be upon you.
Let Christ’s peace be within you.
Let Christ become in you.
Let Christ be you.
We are one in Christ.
We are Love.
Unconditional love.
All love.
We are love.
We are forgiveness.
We are compassion.
We are truth.
We are gentleness.
We are obedience.
We are humility.
We are loving kindness.
We are redeemed.
We are champions.
We are defenders.
We are comfort.
We are Beloved.
We are confidantes.
We are friends.
We are brothers.
We are one with the Prince of Peace.
We are one with our King.
We are one with our Saviour.
We are one with the Son of Almighty God.
Praise God.
