'Turning to the New Testament, we learn that... glowing space nebulae, rainbows, the flavor of watermelon, and coffee beans were his idea… . [Jesus] spent most of his career as a tekton, a craftsman who could make both small and large-scale projects with stone, wood, and metal. Then when his public ministry started, Jesus taught mostly in parables, painting mental pictures that have lived in our imagination for more than two millennia. His greatest commandment to love God with all of ourselves includes the imaginative and creative parts too, as it most certainly did for him.' - Thaddeus Williams

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This painting is based on my friend Dean Evans, who I admire greatly for his skill, courage and patience in carpentry and watch-making. I decided I wanted to paint him at work as I was thinking about the quotation above which my sister-in-law sent me about faith and creativity. The person of Jesus fascinates me.