Per was a model that provided an unexpected challenge along the way to a finished work. At the time I had just prepared a talk called "The Face of Jesus in Art in Life". The talk went fine and was not really on my mind when I began Per's portrait in 3 sessions at the Artists Guild. However at the end of the first session, while I was cleaning up, someone said - Oh, that looks like Jesus! (Unintentional Jesus). In the talk I spoke of one of the most reproduced and recognizable images - that painted by Warner Sallman. Now I am not a painter at the level of Mr. Sallman, but on reflection I had to laugh at the thought that Sallman's image was painted on my mind as I tried to get Per's image on my canvas. I saved that work and began again and I use the first work in my speech on occasion. This work was a satisfying result for me, thank God.
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