by Ken Mattson | Apr 18, 2014 | Biblical, Commissions, Drawing
I received a call, way back, to commission a painting based on “The Woman Caught in Adultery” – one of those stories that made Jesus famous. Mmm… I told him I was interested, but couldn’t take any money up front – I couldn’t say...
by Ken Mattson | Apr 4, 2012 | Painting
Around 2000, I spent a long time drawing the hands of Christ crucified. These once extremely powerful images had lost much of their potency due to changing culture. To bring life to the subject, I cut off his hands and threw them on a table. Recently, I...