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Last Moments Of Judas Analysis
All of the paintings discussed in this series of posts has been painted on paper. As I dwelt on this fact, I started wondering if these paintings were just random acts of expression or a beginning phase of a painting that he never put on a canvas.

This painting is the first in the series that depicts a "human" figure. The background for the painting is a light blue and yellow which is a sharp contrast from the dark red figure. The yellow is at the top of the painting and the lower left side of the painting. In the lower left, the yellow seems to be an explosion of color, expanding as far as it can go. There is a white shape that seems to be covering the figures face, similar to a mask. The interesting part that stuck out to me was that the mask seems to be slipping off the figure's face. As though, the figure's identity was about to be revealed. The figure also seems to have horns in the back of his head, but the mask cannot cover the horns. The mask cannot hide all of the true thoughts of the figure. The horns allude to the figure resembling a devil figure.
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After looking at this painting for a while, I noticed a couple words written underneath the painting. These words say "Last Moments of Judas", and I had a revelation about the meaning of the painting. Chris has painted the dark red figure with horns to portray Judas. Judas' mask is falling off as he is about to die, but the horns were never concealed to Jesus and God. The story of Judas has always been an interesting one to me. Jesus and God let Judas betray Jesus ultimately leading to Jesus' death. But Jesus knew what his destiny was and did not interfere with God's plan. The betrayal of Judas raises the question, "Did Judas believe that Jesus and God were all powerful?". Hard to imagine a man betraying the one who created

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