Stations Of The Cross (XII) : 'The Agony In The Garden' Painting

In this, the twelfth painting in my version of the Christian meditations on The Crucifixion, 'The Stations of The Cross', we see Christ in the hours before his death, praying to His Father in fear and trepidation, knowing the fate that awaits him. The image is based on Giovanni Bellini's painting, 'The Agony In The Garden'. But where in Bellini's depiction the foreground is scattered with the bodies of the sleeping disciples, here there are only random pieces of trash - an empty McDonald's burger box, a scrunched-up crisp packet, an empty beer can, waste paper and cigarette stubs. Where in Bellini`s painting Christ kneels praying on a lectern-like rock, here he kneels upon a piece of waste-ground surrounded by a broken-down barbed wire fence. And where Bellini shows Christ praying fervently to the Holy Spirit suspended in a passionately-coloured sky, here Christ is praying to nothing but a passing EasyJet plane (or is the plane just there coincidentally, Christ in fact praying to nothing but an empty, Godless sky?). The modern city below seems to carry on with its impersonal existence - indifferent to the agonising drama that plays out above it. ....The question here is the existence or non-existence of God......an image shot-through with excruciating Doubt. (Coincidentally, once I had finished this painting I realised that the city and its environs seemed very similar to Rio de Janeiro where the great statue of Christ stands overlooking the city, with what looks like Sugarloaf Mountain in the background - whether this is significant I have yet to determine!). This painting is currently not for sale but may be available for purchase after the 'Stations Of The Cross' series has been completed.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11.8 W x 11.8 H x 2 D in

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