Monday, 4 May 2015

The Artist Declares Faith Through Christian Modern Art

By Eric Jimenez


To the religious individual viewing Christian art is an emotional experience. It may depict the face of Jesus Christ or an abstract representing him. To the religious artist it is one way he can express his faith. Christian Modern Art calms the soul and inspires religious people to pray.

Abstracts aside, the face and figure of Jesus Christ is one of the most prevalent subjects among these paintings. The works of Thomas Kinkade are collected by more people than any other Christian artist. The Lord is in his heart and displayed in his work.

Jesus is depicted with deep intense emotion showing in his eyes. He is painted hanging on the cross, both realistically and symbolically. Many other paintings show the cross using all colors and styles. One shows a blue cross made of small squares and rectangles on a red background. The background is also small squares and rectangles.

Crosses of gold are contrasted with multicolored backgrounds or outlined in blue. Poses of Jesus display His body language showing sorrow and defeat. In one series He is painted in red against a dark, black background.

The words of various bible verses are done in patterns of all kinds. They may be sad and monotone or bright cheery messages of hope. People can find one of these showing a favorite verse from the bible.

Many angels are painted by Christian artists. Some are majestic, wearing white robes and wings. Others are caricatures similar to childrens comic book figures. You can find an especially charming one showing a winged angel flying just above a man with a heavy bag to carry. The hands of the angel are on the bag to help the man carry it.

The abstracts may show a riot of bright colors, or flower gardens blowing gently in the wind. A dark pall seems to fall over those representing Jesus dying on the cross. Everyone can imagine his own personal image of religious symbolism. Each is impressive.

As a joy and inspiration, they can have a different meaning to each person looking at them. Many show circles and some see this as the circle of life from birth to death. Others may see this circular pattern as a symbol of eternity.

To the Christian, they have more meaning than the abstracts of secular artists, Jackson Pollock is one example. Mark Lawrence is the Christian artist famous for his technique called painting with light. It is a truly modern medium using a digital process to render a painting in a special way.




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