Christhead (print) by Lois Dunn

Description

The Christhead print will make an elegant addition to any room. The print measures 15″ x 18″ and fits a standard 16″ x 20″ frame with a 2″ matte as shown.
For a more elegant look, consider a larger frame or double matte. When choosing matte colors, complement the colors in your room. Oval mattes also provide an interesting look.
The Christhead print is black ink on textured, heavy-weight white paper. Use UV proof glass to protect your print from ultraviolet light exposure, however prolonged exposure will give the print a subtly aged look that many people find appealing.
Frame your Christhead print immediately to insure satisfaction and enjoyment for many years.

Image in the main photo is watermarked in green.

From the artist Lois Dunn (9.1.1931 – 6.29.2021)

This picture is the result of my seeking and searching for a deeper and more personal relationship with my Lord. I was teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir, and yet really not living what I was teaching and singing, especially at parties and dances…and even how I handled my children and home situations. I was really two people, living two different lives…with an aching void inside. In my search for truth, I was led astray through Unitarianism, mediums, and books by spiritualists, such as Edgar Cayce, Jean Dixon, etc. The more deeply involved I became in things such as these, the more deeply I became depressed…to the point of seeking medical and professional help. Nothing really satisfied. I felt I was in a deep, dark pit of despair and there was no way out. My home and self were in confusion.

During this time, Christian friends invited me to their different church activities. One was the small study group that was being introduced into the church at that time. We were studying “Fire in Coventry”. Although in a state of confusion, I felt these people reaching out to me, as I was to them, in genuine sincerity…a real caring for one another. After we met a few times, the leader suggested that each of us share, in some way the following week, what the group has meant to us individually. This group helped me focus on Jesus and His love, and inspired me to put on paper, what I felt I was doing to the Lord Jesus…I felt I had been crucifying Him every day of my life by what I thought, what I said, and what I did. My heart was filled with grief at how I must have rejected Him so many times.

I usually make pencil sketches of drawings first– or lightly outline to have something to be guided by…but with this picture it was different. I did not do this. As I took pen in hand, it was though I was being guided by a higher Power. I was greatly moved, and sensed something out of the ordinary was happening. I didn’t realize until the picture was finished that there is an optical illusion in the eyes. I drew the eyes looking down, showing Christ’s submission to the will of His Father in loving obedience, and reflecting my own shame for realizing it was my very sins that put Him there on the cross…whereas the illusion (put there, I believe by the Holy Spirit) has the eyes open, showing God’s judgement to all who reject His perfect gift of love…His only Son, as our way of salvation and redemption from sin. I pray the Holy Spirit will speak through this picture, and bring many people to a born-again, personal relationship with the Lord of Life everlasting…Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.