Chromacolour acrylic on MDF board. 30x17cm. Completed 25th April 2009. Private collection.

On Saturday 25th April 2009 I painted a portrait of Jesus for my friend Rebecca in a single day! It took 12 hours and at 17cm x 30cm this painting is quite small. She has since decided that she doesn’t want the artwork. Photorealism? Well maybe not. It shows the first communist – in vividly colored robes. I think the work is very beautiful and isn’t anything but a portrait of a man who changed much of the world. Painters have depicted Jesus Christ many times before. Rembrandt painted him numerous times, picturing him in many historical scenes from the bible. I gave this to a friend of mine who is a devout Christian and he loves the portrait.