“I have my own personal, Jesus, that I have worked with exclusively for over ten years”

I have no idea what this painting means, but I met the artist a few months ago at a summer festival. This painting was hanging behind him and was about fifteen feet tall and probably ten feet wide. I realized how much I was learning about sinners as I looked at the current state of this “bad guy’s” life in this painting. He is covered in tattoo’s, he drinks alcohol, he smokes cigarettes, he shoots heroine into Jesus, he plays poker, he is about to sniff something, he owns a gun, and he has apparently killed someone and kept their head on his folding table for quite some time. My favorite depiction of the “bad guy” here is of course the nun-chucks hanging on the door. Now that is a sinner. Anyone who readily has nun-chucks hanging on his front door has got to be one tough guy. Not to mention the filthy hand print on the door. Sinners don’t wash their hands either.

A friend I was with asked the painter if he used models when painting the people in his art. The artist leaned arrogantly over the table right into my friends face and said, “I have my own, personal, Jesus, that I have worked with exclusively for ten years.”

“Okay”, and we walked away.

Although, after doing some further research, it appears that Jesus has tattoo’s also. Including this one here, clearly gotten during his time spent in the Navy, in honor of his Father.