Face of Christ in Painting

Well, I'm glad she can see it, because I can't. I suppose I can see something at the top of the cross, but I wouldn't leap to the conclusion it was Jesus.

The first time I looked at it, I could see the head and shoulders of a rather cartoonish looking man in the centre. The second time, I saw the face of a man in the cente with the eyes just below the top of the horizontal. Hey - if you're told something's there, then you're likely to see it.

it's very clear.... top left hand side of the vertical bar..... Skeletor!

Who knows, if you say it's there, sell it on eBay.

If it's haunted by the ghost of Jesus, then it'll sell great on ebay.

Jesus is dubious. tehre's no beard, the eyes are off center--looks like jesus by way of Picasso, maybe. Now the face at the top, that is clearly Brak.

The guy is obviously a religious nutcase. I don't see any face at all. If it really is a message from Jesus, could he ask him why God made the tsunami?

I didn't see anything...

That totally doesn't look like me! I dont see it at all unless your like some religious person who wants to make $$$ off of some painting that you claim looks like me!

I'm pretty sure it's Mojo Nixon.

The picture is too grainy to really make much of anything out of the paint. Who paints two swipes of brown and calls it a painting anyway? I think he's trying to salvage a really BAD idea.

I definately Skeletor in the upper left hand side, but not so much The Late Great JC.

I see nothing. Swipes of paint, which, like Andrew said, is not exactly the most original idea in the world.

I don't see it. *shrug*

Aside from the fact that nobody actually knows what Jesus looks like anyway...the image of Jesus as a long haired blue eyed guy was dreamt up in renaissance Europe(which conveniently linked well with their own needs to lord it over north Africa/mid east territories)

So if the statement was "To me, it has a passing resemblance to the modern idea of the image of Christ," then yes. She would be correct in making that statement.

The statement "When the paint dried you could 'I would say' clearly see the face of Christ on the cross" is false.

But hey, if it makes you happy/makes you a buck...go for it.

It could be two swipes, but probably is more.
The horizontal stripe in relatively uniform, as one would expect from this kind of gestural painting.
The vertical stripe is uniform also, but only the lower two thirds. The upper third has obviously been doctored.
'images' can be seen anywhere, the brain has the capacity to try to make sense, or information, out of non-sense, disorganised material in our field of vision from clouds to oil stains, tree follaige to rusted areas on metal.

I don't see Mr JC in this picture either. However, I don't think the painting has been doctored- I think that the more detailed coloring in the top arm of the cross is because that is where the paint was first applied and then squeegied down. Then the squeegie was picked up, put on the right edge of the paper, and moved to the left to make the cross bar.

I'm a painter, and I agree that it's not a very good painter. I'm very into abstract experssionism. I love Robert Motherwell and Ellsworth Kelly- both who make rather large, bold, simple works- but this doesn't quite compare.

i don't see it!!

I mean "not a very good painting."

Alex, have you seen any other work from this artist? And are they male or female? There seems to be some confusion about this.

ps: I paint but I don't think I'm a very good painter either. I guess that's because my taste exceedes my talents. I make a good grilled cheese sandwich, though. 😊

I see it now!!!!!! I think he's giving you the thumbs up to go ahead and sell it.

*makes sacrifice to Skeletor* TO THE GLORY OF GRAY SKULL!!!!

I'm totally seeing some Greek-ish man/goat in there.

Jesus is one ugly sumbitch.

I can see an image in the horizontal cross piece, near the center, but it looks more like Johnney Cash to me.

The only image that I can see is in the upper left side of the top most cross. If you look at that section as divided into 3 pieces, you can make out a half a face. Not saying that is the almighty himself calling out from the gesso, but thats what I see.

I sorta see it... But why is he asking the opinion of a web site known for laughing at hoaxes? Is he hoping we'll say it's not a hoax and so get credibility? If so he really needs to check out some of the other religious posts, everyone here is pretty brutal about it. He'd have better luck getting support at a Christian message board...

I might be able to see a hooded image of something at the top - I'd say it's The Evil Emperor, but it could be Skeletor, and hardly seems like it would be the face of Jesus.

As for the history of Jesus in art, it seems for a long time painters have just illustrated religion and mythology with whatever people and clothing looked like in the time and place the image was painted. Historically accurate artwork seems to be a relatively modern idea, and I've seen a few interesting examples of recent anachronistic religious artwork. One painter depicted Gethsemane with the Roman soldiers' uniforms replaced by Nazi uniforms.

Looks like a sad Ronald McDonald to me!

I left a box of 64 crayons on a warm radiator once when I was a kid. The result was not unlike the "painting". When my Mom saw the mess she yelled out: "Jesus Christ". Mom- ahead of the crowd, as usual.

The following website talks about why we see faces in inanimate objects

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/lenin.html

where's the face supposed to be?

quote: I make a good grilled cheese sandwich, though.

Make a grilled cheese sandwich, paint Jesus on it and get it haunted... put it on ebay.

PS. I expect a cut of your new found wealth.

>>>I'd say it's The Evil Emperor<<<

You mean Bush?

I'm going to have to officially declare DiMarcia (Dee) Ancrum to be a lying huckster and a talentless dumbass, I'm afraid.

Thanks for playing, DiMarcia (Dee) Ancrum.

Imagine for a moment reading a newspaper story about a primitive tribe on some far-flung island who decided that they could "see" an image of their local god in the bark of a tree. You'd probably think something along the lines of, "Golly, those unsophisticated, non-technolgical people are amusing with their wacky superstitions!"

Um, exactly how do these "apparitions" of Jesus differ substantially from something like that? It's sad to me that some people seem to need nonsense like this to make their lives meaningful.

I used to see an image of a "ray gun" in the random pattern of the faux-marble floor in my bathroom when I was a kid. The difference is, I knew it was just a random pattern into which I was reading something and I didn't think it was a "sign" of anything. Time to grow up, people.

In the painting you could, "I would say" clearly see an slightly sad, off colour, elongated face of our saviour, Ronald MacDonald. His jaw and mouth in the middle and his funky hairdo at the top. See?

I see the face of George Bush in there. Nearly as good as Jesus, to hear some folks tell it.

crankymediaguy, you're a little defensive, seeing as how no one here has marveled at what a miracle this is. These people claiming to actually be seeing Jesus everywhere are as idiotic as your pretend tribe. My grandmother's bathroom has this weird, red, velvet wallpaper. When I was little, the pattern sort of looked like an army of mice marching up the wall. If I nodded my head while blinking, it made that little army march right up into the ceiling. Did I think it was a miracle? Not in the least. And, from the looks of these posts, no one here is thinking the Jesus-seers (sp?) are any less stupid than your pretend tribe in some far-flung place.

Church of The Melted Crayons

lo siento, no veo ni m

Why is it that any time a face shows up in an object, it's either Jesus or Mary? Why can't it be Chuck from the Deli? Or Anne the neighborhood busdriver?

Anne Drived for Our Sins

pepe nero is right, the top 1/3 of the vertical swipe looks completely doctored. The strokes are not consistent with the rest of the painting, and the colors are much more vibrant than the rest. Is this where the artist sees the alleged image of Jesus? If so, I would put money down that this section of the painting was Photoshopped (maybe a little usage of the smudge tool and adjustments to the color balance/saturation?) to the point where some such image could be "seen".

I can't see anything in the painting; just bad abstractionism.

I can see why it scared him...every time I see a cloud that looks like a sheep I'm terrified.

Jeez... I'm seeing a skeleton for some reason, not Christ! o_O''

Good Outer Limits alien or maybe a new Night Gallery painting.

Yeah, that's from the Night Gallery "Trinity of Terror" episode starring Karen Black Mass. That's the one where the little Dashboard Jesus figure comes alive and chases her around. That one creeped me out.

Sarah, please the artist's description of how the painting was made, as well as my previous post. This painting has not been doctored!

When I put the image into photoshop and do an inverse color thing followed by pumping up the blue saturation, then a 0.96 gaussian blur, washing it out by increasing the brightness and increasing the contrast just a tad, I definitely see a very clear image of Ronald Reagan fornicating with the whore of Babylon. Ol' Ron doesn't apppear to be enjoying himself very much, though.

I'd upload my enhancements to Alex, but the beer appears to be working way to well at the moment. Damn. I need a knew eyboard.

Ummm, hmmm, let's see, is it, sort of, around about...actually, nope. nothing. I see no face. Perhaps it's one of those Magic Eye paintings and you have to do wierd things with your eyes to actually see it.

I don't see it, but what is more interesting is that anyone would paint such a travesty in the first place 😊