New work: The Temptation of Christ in the Desert of Lovelessness

New work : “The Temptation of Christ in the Desert of Lovelessness”, graphite , colored pencil , gouache on toned paper , 18 by 24 inches .

 

In this drawing I’m depicting the forty days Christ spent fasting in the desert . Satan, attempting to break Christ offers the world and her delights ( far background detail ) and confronting the fasting Christ taunts him with a rock , daring him to “tell these stones to turn into loaves “ (Mt 4:3). Christ being the bread and wine of salvation easily turns his back upon such nonsense ( the Eucharist and vine), vanquishing the Tempter . The desert in this drawing is of desolation and death awaiting the promised redemption .