Homeless Jesus
It's a street or an alley in any city, dark, Rembrandt-esque in color and mood. There, among the downtrodden, the tired, the fringe who have given up on trying to make it, is one that looks like Jesus. He looks back at us, not with judgement, or even appeal--nor any sense of religiosity--he just looks. He is not looking at the poor, those in every society that he once stated would always be with us; no, he looks from among them, as being one of them. His question: what are you going to do about this? Opportunities abound. This is a painting that reminds.
The painting merges picture and words, and as such is an integrated whole with Jesus' poignant challenge and affirmation hand lettered right onto the canvas. "Whatever you've done for one of the least of these you've done it unto me, Jesus."
In his Biblical teaching he beckons us to respond, and warns of not responding. Here's the complete teaching in context, with Jesus talking:
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”--Matthew 25:31-46.
The original painting is oil on canvas at 38'x47." Prints are available at the full size and smaller. The giclee print has the highest fidelity with the original painting, and being on canvas, seems very much like the original. It comes with plenty of white border for the stretching process by your framer. The art can then be framed, or hung without framing, depending on preference.
The giclee on paper is smaller, for use in a smaller space, on heavy-weight archival watercolor paper. The print comes ready for matting and framing. For prints on paper this is generally behind glass, like a watercolor painting.
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