Rachel, Age 5
Jesus on the Cross
October 2001
Age 5
At last we have a drawing with a concrete date (I finally got smart and started dating works of art immediately after my girls drew them—well, for the most part). The style of this piece adds further credence to the dating of the previous works in this section.
As for the subject matter, Jesus is surrounded by the mysterious darkness of his final hours.
Rachel actually made a companion drawing to this one, showing Jesus in the tomb. She taped a piece of tissue paper over the tomb opening to represent the stone. very clever, but you can't get that effect on the web; you have to see it in person to appreciate it.