Jesus Sheet

This project was done to go with a message of Jesus' return and carrying your own cross. The overall idea was seeing Jesus in a new way.

A large frame was constructed out of 2x4's and a white bed sheet was stretched across it and stapled to the sides, like a large mock canvas.

The images were sketched on the back with chalk and then during the performance were painted from the back as the paint bled through the sheet and appeared on the canvas before the audience. For the first two images, the canvas was on it's side, after a while the rest of the canvas was filled in and then turned 90 degrees to reveal the face of Jesus.

3-4 artists painted from behind as the sermon was being preached.

Here are some preliminary images:





Here is a short time-lapse video from YouTube: