"The Word Made Flesh" by Texas Artist Shep

This is one of favorite paintings.  I was asked by the Associate Pastor of our church, Lindsay Kirkpatrick, to do a painting to illustrate the bible passage John 1.14 for a series of bulletin covers.  In doing my research I had many revelations.  Jesus probably didn't look exactly like we think.  He was most likely much shorter and darker than we envision.  He definitely was a 1st century Jew, so he looked like a 1st century Jew...not the mid 16th century Italian or 17 century Dutch men we usually see in the paintings.  But that's OK.  I read somewhere that we all see Jesus through our eyes.  So for the 16th century Italians or 17th century Dutch, or even the 20th century Mormons that see Jesus as a 6'2" blue eyed blond guy, that's OK.  For my version to see Jesus through my eyes, I used my eyes as his eyes.  I hope you like it also.  This painting is on permanent display at the Montgomery United Methodist Church.