{"product_id":"pike-place-jesus-canvas-print","title":"Pike Place Jesus Canvas Print","description":"A reimagined version of my folky Pike Place Jesus Paint sketch.\u003cbr\u003e\nHow this came about - So, the question I put to myself was \"what if Jesus was born in my time and my place?\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThat place is the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest. Port Angeles, to be specific. When I was young, it was an industrious area built on logging, fishing, mills, and people making things.  It's changed, but that was what it was like back then.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSo, if Jesus were born in my time and place, he’d likely still have been a carpenter, and maybe he would have done some seasonal fishing. Why not? Fish and Christianity go hand in hand. Early Christians even used a fish symbol up through around 500 AD to quietly identify meeting places, tombs, and fellow believers during times of Roman persecution. We all know that Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John were commercial fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. Remember the call? “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Then we have Luke 5, John 21, the story of the coin in the fish’s mouth in Matthew, and obviously, most famously, the Feeding of the Multitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhy it is Pike Place Jesus: I'd done a folk art style sketch painting of Jesus with a fish. Same basic pose and layout. There is a time lapse video floating around out there of start to finish if you'd like to look it up. A woman saw it, and she called it Pike Place Jesus. I really dug the humor, so we cracked some more jokes, and I decided to go with it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPike Place is a open market in Seattle, and one of the thing it is known for is vendors throwing fish. May sound crazy if you don't know the Pacific Northwest, but it's real. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe look and style of this painting: Unlike the first folky version, I wanted to go with a Pop-Surrealism Graphic Novel look, Ultra strong, superhero vibe, because if Jesus isn't the ultimate superhero, nobody is a superhero. I played off the Pike Place Market thing to bring home the Pacific Northwest vibe and push the humor. I captured some Uncanny Valley of the Sacred, but hypered up the sacred power as well. It was a lot to fit into such a small painting without adding a lot of subject matter. It was all about blending styles. It is just 11\" wide x 14\" high on stretched canvas. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLooking to add a little flair to your room or office? Look no further - this canvas print has a vivid, fade-resistant print that you're bound to fall in love with.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas\u003cbr\u003e\n• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +\/- 0.74 oz.\/yd.² (344 g\/m² +\/- 25g\/m²)\u003cbr\u003e\n• Fade-resistant\u003cbr\u003e\n• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars\u003cbr\u003e\n• Mounting brackets included\u003cbr\u003e\n• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia","brand":"Aarron's Art","offers":[{"title":"8″×10″","offer_id":67839220089139,"sku":"2456064_19293","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11″×14″","offer_id":67839220121907,"sku":"2456064_19298","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/6792\/1715\/files\/canvas-_in_-8x10-wall-6ae4de6313ddc.jpg?v=1793384063","url":"https:\/\/aarronlaidig.com\/products\/pike-place-jesus-canvas-print","provider":"Aarron's Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}