{"id":57,"date":"2011-07-05T22:14:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2011-07-05T22:14:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:14:30","slug":"apokalypsis-lesu-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/05\/apokalypsis-lesu-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"Apokalypsis Lesu Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my only pure religious themed canvas paintings, Apokalypsis Lesu Christi is a compilation of ten different verses found in the book of Revelation. This painting is perhaps one of the most researched and purely surreal by the results of that research showing a scene of complete destruction and nightmarish creatures and disasters. Many might not look to the Bible as a source of surreal imagery, but surrealism has been around in our minds for much longer than we realize.<\/p>\n<p>This painting is acrylic on canvas and measures 38&#8243; by 30&#8243;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my only pure religious themed canvas paintings, Apokalypsis Lesu Christi is a compilation of ten different verses found in the book of Revelation. This painting is perhaps one of the most researched and purely surreal by the results of that research showing a scene of complete destruction and nightmarish creatures and disasters. Many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/05\/apokalypsis-lesu-christi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apokalypsis Lesu Christi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-portfolio","category-slider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ApolypsisLesuChristi-e1309903886533.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/06\/ingenuity\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":0},"title":"Ingenuity","author":"Sir Realist","date":"July 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A simpler image there might not be. 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Only the tiny figure knows what he is seeing through the distorted and twisted hand opening the afterlife to him. 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However my surreal side may not have really manifested itself until high school which is when this pen and ink drawing was completed. It was not done to be kept and so is not in the best shape after the years.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Equine Reflections","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/EquineReflections-e1310482065266.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/EquineReflections-e1310482065266.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/EquineReflections-e1310482065266.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/EquineReflections-e1310482065266.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105,"url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/13\/just-a-short-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":3},"title":"Just a Short Trip","author":"Sir Realist","date":"July 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is another image meant to be seen almost as an illustration into the surreal. 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