Son of Mary and Joseph 1

Jesus Christ, son of Mary and Joseph. The man from Nazareth who was first whipped and then crucified to death over 2000 years ago because he stood for something that his contemporaries perceived as threatening. History repeats itself and the list is long even if those who suffered a similar fate were not exalted. They were human. I'm not a religious person and think it has been an important approach because I primarily wanted to paint a historical picture. I wanted to portray this man as first and foremost a descendant of ordinary people. Will such a portrait then make him a less important figure from the past? Will he not be more like one of us? Jesus, the King of the Jews, claimed to be the Son of God, but aren’t we all?

Jesus Christ, son of Mary and Joseph. The man from Nazareth who was first whipped and then crucified to death over 2000 years ago because he stood for something that his contemporaries perceived as threatening. History   repeat itself and the list is long even though those who suffered a similar fate were not exalted. They were human. Abraham Lincoln, Emiliano Zapata, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Che Guevara, Robert Kennedy, Boris Nemtsov to name a few. I myself am not a religious person and think it has been an important approach because I primarily wanted to paint a historical picture. I wanted to portray this man as first and foremost a descendant of ordinary people. Will such a portrait then make him a less important figure from the past? Will he not be more like one of us? Jesus, the King of the Jews, claimed to be the Son of God, but are we not all?