This is another one of my projects that I started a few years ago. I didn't like the way it was going and didn't know how to fix it, it just didn't look right. (I should also say that I have no art training, little anatomical knowlege) I got it back out and suddenly it came to me. Anyway this is the finished project.

 

I didn't want it to be beautiful, in the sense that what occured was brutal. He was beaten, whipped and stabbed. He  had to look awful and his face swollen and bruised.  I am sending this to my sister and hope she likes it. It is about 10" high and made of Bass wood and Pine.

 

Nice job!!!  I know what you mean about the feeling behind it.

Ron, that is excellent.

Hey Ron, I love it, the colors, the intensity, I love carvings originating from the heart. I love the fact that carvings don't have to be anatomically correct, they just need to have feeling and your feelings need to project to the observer, and this I feel was accomplished. Great job my friend.

On a side note, all my life I had read about the brutality that Christ endured during his treatment before the crucifixion and during the time his life was drained from his body while on the cross. But it never really hit home to me personally just how brutal it was until I saw "The Passion of the Christ". I believe the movie showed the reality of the torture leading up to his death. I have read about the exhaustive research that went on before the movie went to production. Mel Gibson hired biblical scholars, and scientists to recreate the scene as accurate as possibly could have been. The fact that Christ survived as long as he did during the torture, is telling of his divinity.

Great job Ron,

I think it turned out extremely well Ron.

If you have ever seen someone really beat badly, you know how awful and ugly it is, even the next day. I think Mel did a great job, but even he had to make it look better than it really was.