King of Kings - Open Edition on Fine Art Paper - 11" x 17"
This powerful painting was originally painted as a commission for a repeat client. It depicts the crucified Christ merged together with the Lion of Judah.
(While it is available as a poster print on dozens of websites & Etsy shops)
My version however contains many hidden elements...some intentional, some not!
1) Notice the vertical light running down Jesus's face - it is itself a cross, within his pupil there is another cross, further down there is a cryptic image of Jesús hanging on the cross & even further down in the darkest part of the light is another cross. (Note the latter 2 crosses I did not intentionally put in the painting, they were inserted by the Holy Spirit) - so within the light cross itself there are actually 4 additional crosses
2) Jesus's eye contains the colors of the Earth
3) The pupil in the lion's eye is actually the Hebrew letter "YOD" - which is the 1st letter in the Hebrew name of God - YHVH
While this was originally a commission & I had no intentions of selling prints, an amazing thing happened that changed the course of this piece.
About 4 days into the drying process, as it just sat on the other side of my studio, I looked at it & noticed a strange "wet spot" had appeared in the lower part of the lion mane. Looking more closely I saw that there was a streak that ran from the top of the painting to the large wet spot. I touched the wet area and noticed it was oily..weird I thought. I looked around and there is NOTHING on my ceiling or in the room that would have deposited anything oily onto this canvas! Annoyed & perplexed I wiped it all off but it was still very noticeable, causing me to have to paint over the area in the mane where the large spot was. I set it aside for that last part to finish drying and the very next day....BAM...another drop of oil appears, this time in the middle of the canvas but right next to the original streak. All of a sudden it hit me, this was "oil from heaven" that had manifested onto the painting. WOW I was overwhelmed and amazed at what God had done. I then knew this painting had another purpose....to be released into the public arena in print form.
This painting speaks volumes and will make a fine addition to your home or as a special gift.
The original is not available for sale and remains a part of my personal collection