ORIGINAL ART- Sketch for Jesus and the Bear

This is the drawing I made immediately upon getting the idea for what became the painting Jesus and the Bear. It depicts Jesus, who has gone into the mountains with his Essene scrolls and provisions. Unfortunately he arouses the protective ire of a mother bear, who attacks Jesus. There is a brief but violent struggle before Jesus brings the bear to a state of superconsciousness. We see theme here, master and disciple, in a state of shared communion with God.

Image size approximately 10.75" x 7", soft graphite on drawing paper, circa 1998.