JESUS BROKE OUT the LAMBCHOP PUPPET. And HIRED an ANGEL. To TRY and CHEER UP a CLINICALLY DEPRESSED. Apologies for the odd formatting in this ad. I’ll fix it with a new ad as soon as I can. I’ve just added some pics of this painting showing up in some of my new kata billups videos (they show the scale of this largest rock and roll icon art pieces yet to date). This piece is over 5 feet high and 7 feet wide. Thousands of collectors across the USA. Canada, and Europe own my work. Many celebrities also collect my work. Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Susan Sarandon. Julia Roberts, Jimmy Vaughan. Are just a few.. And as I mentioned above- please check out some of my new youtubes. This painting shows up in the background of quite few of them. Just put kata billups videos. This scenario from my imagination. Shows Jesus visiting a clinically depressed Paul McCartney. He is sitting on Paul’s right side and slides a Lamb chop. Puppet in to Paul’s peripheral field of vision. Paul hasn’t bothered to get out of his robe. His white socks dangle off the ends of his toes. He is depressed and disheveled. On the wall behind him is the cause of his plight.. She broke up the band.. But I include here a good retort to that from two. Anonymous writers via a Beatles fan site I visited recently. These comments are in a small font. It’s not that people think they wouldn’t have broken up because of her. Because their break up was inevitable. But people just hate her. I can’t stand her. Not because of what she used to do, but because of what. She’s doing to Julian. For not letting Cyn go to John’s funeral. Many things people hate her for… I agree that those are terrible things. You are definitely right about that. I just get tired of people blaming her. Specifically for the break-up, and that happens A LOT. Simplified it to that point. Im not defending her as an ideal person. Or anything, its just the scapegoating and the Yoko trope. Ever been called a Yoko? Even without me saying anything, you all know. Not to mention the misogyny and racism that gets. Directed at her for no reason other than her proximity to John. Back to my painting… Paul has a paint brush and has scrawled. A n’ X’ through one of Yoko’s pictures. He also painted red “devils horns” on another Yoko poster. And Yoko is crumpled on the floor. To quote John Lennon on this topic- I’ve always thought there. Was this underlying thing in Paul’s’Get Back. When we were in the. Studio recording it, every time he sang the line’Get back to where you once belonged, he’d look at Yoko. The angel wears a Japanese robe and fuzzy fake leopard slippers. She is turning around to smile at the viewer as she sweeps the floor. Jesus’ expression is slightly mischievous. He knows that Paul doesn’t want to communicate directly. So he moves the puppet’s little lambswool mouth. And uses a silly falsetto voice in an attempt to cheer Paul up. Like many of my paintings, there are elements within the. Piece that are autobiographical. The setting for this painting is the tiny living room of an old house. By a railroad that I rented while attending Graduate School. My beloved old German shepherd (Zoe) lies on her old blue mat at Paul’s feet. A couple of my other Beatles paintings are displayed on the living room. The big Lazy-boy chair is one I found at Goodwill. The green and white 50’s hassock and old floral covered chair (far right). I found at yard sales. The purple drapes and painted wooden “stage”. Base were not actual to my little house. But I added them near the completion of the painting to give. The piece a stage presence – yes, all the world is a stage… Please allow me direct you to my graduate THESIS. (see paragraph and link below). It will explain more about my quest to paint Jesus the way I see him. In real time- with real emotions- interacting with people throughout. The world regardless of their status, problems, biases. Overview: ABOUT MY GRADUATE THESIS. The goal of my Graduate. Thesis was to portray Jesus in real time and with the full gamut of emotions. In twenty first American culture. Some may find the above painted scenario frivolous. Please remember it is only ONE example of the goal of my THESIS. (to show Jesus as an emotional being). One painting can not show ALL. The span of emotions. As I mentioned in the preceding paragraph. I chose to show Jesus’ humor, wit, satire and compassion in this scene. The piece also expressed (for me) Jesus’ ability to cross time and culture lines. T his is where my work becomes serious behind a seemingly frivolous facade. Overview: ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AMERICANS FACE: America has been known. For its frivolity over the past few deca des. The eighties was known as the “me”. Generation and was a time for getting rich from empty dot coms. Of many countries have recently experienced. Graver conditions than most. Americans- but Americans may soon know the dangers and challenges which. Much of the rest of the world understands. The American economy is in serious. We have exported some of the things we Americans do best. Our textile mills are only one of the hundreds. Of industries that are now based overseas. Thomas Jefferson had strong. Warnings for America if the majority of its citizens ever became anything. He explained that this is the only way to remain self sufficient. And independent individually and as a nation. The twentieth century witnessed bizarre measures to break apart the family farm. Crazy things happened- like our Government paying subsidies for farmers NOT to produce. Many of our elected officials are driven my greed and a lust for power. They have created new credos of policing other countries and now declar e wars without the proper Constitutional “permission”. This alone engenders much of the disdain we Americans encounter by the rest of the world. One third of American homes are in foreclosure. Millions of Americans have been robbed of their savings and pensions by greedy elites and bankers. Although in some ways we Americans have grown up like children. We have not been immune to suffering. Our suffering has been more of the silent type. The statistics in our country show very high rates of sexual and spousal abuse. Our enlisted men and women are suffering record levels of post traumatic stress and suicide. Therefore the point of this painting remains: no matter the tribe or tongue we come from. Jesus sees, cares, and is ready to become the type of friend we need Him to be. He is ready and able to heal a leper, or to befriend a depressed rock star. I have painted more “serious” paintings but they can be perceived as “preachy” in our post-Christian culture. Yes, I DECLINED a 150,000 dollar offer on this piece. (look at my offers). I predict this piece will be worth over a million. If the whole economy doesn’t tank in the next few years…. ARTIST’s TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION. T his Original painting is entirely hand painted (by me of course). On heavy cotton canvas. It was painted during the second year of my time in Graduate School. While receiving my M. It is signed and dated 2004. He medium used is acrylic on canvas. Acrylic paints are now equal to. Or superior to oil paints. F the acrylic paint is a high quality pigment such as the ones I use. The longevity and steadfastness are often superior to oil paints. A little known fact about oil paint is if the artist does not have. Decades of experiencing with the medium- oil paint can easily. Crack and chip after about a decade. This is d ue to the improper. Mixing of the drier and other mediums in the oil paint itself. The painting measures 66″ high and 88″ across. The frame will be of extremely high quality and. Will cost over 2,000 dollars. The piece on 4″ to 6″ WIDE stretcher bars and paint the sides. Per the buyers instructions. This will be a “gallery wrap” style of framing. 48 United States of America I will stretch and frame the work. Properly rolled into a cylindrical shape- and inside a wooden box. The item “Jesus Cheers McCartney with Lambchop- BEATLES -ART-ORIGINAL-PAINTING- Kata Billups” is in sale since Sunday, September 20, 2009. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “katabillups” and is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Large (up to 60in.)
• Region of Origin: US
• Artist: Kata Billups
• Style: Pop Art
• Listed By: Artist
• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
• Medium: Acrylic
• Date of Creation: 2000-Now
• Subject: Celebrities
• Originality: Original