Paintings by Douglas Blanchard
A contemporary Jesus arrives as a young gay man in a modern city with "The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision" by Douglas Blanchard. The 24 paintings present a liberating new vision of Jesus' final days, including Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, and the arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection.
“Christ is one of us in my pictures,” says Blanchard. “In His sufferings, I want to show Him as someone who experiences and understands fully what it is like to be an unwelcome outsider.” Blanchard, an art professor and self-proclaimed “very agnostic believer,” used the series to grapple with his own faith struggles as a New Yorker who witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The paintings are available as a book and prints in a variety of sizes and formats. High-quality giclee reproductions of Doug Blanchard’s 24 gay Passion paintings are available at: https://douglas-blanchard.fineartamerica.com/ Greeting cards can be purchased too. Some originals are also available.
“Christ is one of us in my pictures,” says Blanchard. “In His sufferings, I want to show Him as someone who experiences and understands fully what it is like to be an unwelcome outsider.” Blanchard, an art professor and self-proclaimed “very agnostic believer,” used the series to grapple with his own faith struggles as a New Yorker who witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The paintings are available as a book and prints in a variety of sizes and formats. High-quality giclee reproductions of Doug Blanchard’s 24 gay Passion paintings are available at: https://douglas-blanchard.fineartamerica.com/ Greeting cards can be purchased too. Some originals are also available.