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STATIONS OF THE CROSS

as from the Eyes of Jesus

The London Set

Work-in-Progress:

The Evolution of the final images

January 2007

on this page

18 Canvases at 10th January

21 Canvases at 21st January

Progress on 22nd January

Final Progress on 23rd January

A Sequence of the Sequence...

on Other pages

Stations of the Cross — Home Page

London

10th January:

First charcoal marks on the 18 canvases...

These are the 18 canvases 200 x 83 cms with their initial charcoal marks, before the decision was taken to have an extra 3 scenes from the Resurrection...

I  II  III  IV  V  VI  VII  VIII  IX  X  XI  XII  XIII  XIV  XV  XVI  XVII  XVIII

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21st January:

Further charcoal marks on the canvas

and now all 21 canvases...

These are the 21 canvases 200 x 83 cms as at 21st January; at least half of the original 18 have been elaborated (in particular the graining of the cross), and the extra three Resurrectioin scenes have been added as the final three...

I  II  III  IV  V  VI  VII  VIII  IX  X  XI  XII  XIII  XIV  XV  XVI  XVII  XVIII  XIX  XX  XXI

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22nd January:

The Final Days — I

Paint & fixative & more charcoal

on Stations V, VII, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XIX, XX, XXI

The work now is one of chiaroscuro... washes of fixative, sometimes on crumbled charcoal, washes of white oil paint — or gray — and more direct charcoal drawing, revisiting each canvas...

For each Station I have first given the most recent version from which today's work started.

Station V — Simon takes the load a while...

Station VII — a mocking Crown of Thorns is forced upon Jesus...

or: Will I ever get that arm right?!

Station XII — the Flagellation...

Jesus, His hands tied, is suspended by that rope that ties His hands, and slumps to see only... the skies.

The higher you are torn to look, the less the lower reveals; yet try it, there is always between the eyes a sense of one's nose & cheeks and the power of one's self not to see what is worst off...

Station XIII — He is nailed to the cross...

  new detail:

In the earlier version [left] I had not made it clear that the knee of whomever is poising the nail, before hammering it through the wrist of Jesus, holds the hand down in place with that knee...

Station XIV — He is offered an anaesthetic based on vinegar...

  detail:

The detail shows the heap of skulls already littering Golgotha...

Station XV — an uncomprehending Roman spears His side...

Station XIX — with two disciples, He breaks bread at Emmaus...

    detail:

Station XX — breakfast by the sea after fishing...

    detail:

Seven gathered by the sea to take sunrise breakfat with Jesus who, cross-legged at the little fire, has prepared eight fish with eight beakers from which to drink; the others are busy with the boat and the much-strained nets...

Station XXI — Thomas requires proof...

Thomas required proof of the wounds both to 'hand' and ribs; here in His right hand Jesus holds out His left hand for Thomas to inspect the wrist and wound...

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23rd January:

The Final Days — II

That's to say: the Final Day...

These are the finished images. 

Well, one never quite knows...

Please note that these photographs have been quickly taken on a bad rainy day, the day of the completion of the images, and offer but a guide to the actual paintings...

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A CRISS-CROSS Story Line...

The images below are arranged horizontally across the page by their sequence but, in their vertical order, follow the creative progress from the first Moleskine sketches through to the finished paintings... 

NOTE: All images have been presented already chronologically above on this page; there is no new material here.

This chart is repeated in the page devoted to the work-in-progress too.

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