"Women As Christ" Painting Series Available For Sale
- Zach E Bear

- Jan 10
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
"Women As Christ" is a three-part series examining belief, consequence, and transcendence through the female form, paralleling Christian narrative structure without literal depiction. These works present women not as symbols of purity or temptation, but as incarnations of moral authority, vulnerability, and judgment.
The series begins with the act of standing before others and offering an idea. From there, belief moves into consequence. Judgment is rendered not by the divine, but by people, and the body becomes the site where those judgments are enacted. The final work rejects resolution through vindication or forgiveness. Transcendence is shown as a departure. What is demanded by the material world is endured and never truly compensated. What remains is not reconciliation with those who judged her, but a union beyond mortal reach.
The female form in this series is neither idealized nor eroticized. It is rendered as flesh: newborn and exposed, neutral while suffering, then cold and detached when finality arrives. These bodies bear meaning without sanctification or shame. "Women As Christ" does not seek to replace religious iconography, but to interrogate who is permitted to embody it and at what cost.
"Sermon" is the first painting symbolizing beginning, promise, and risk. A woman stands at a pulpit and much like the new idea she is preaching, her body is pink, flushed and exposed like a newborn child. The lack of face and upper torso removes any individual identity for the woman. The viewer becomes the congregation. Like any sermon, it will be understood, misinterpreted, accepted, or rejected. The consequences are unknown.
"Crucifixion" is the second piece and marks the moment belief becomes consequence. The woman’s body, stripped of vitality and rendered in a neutral yellow, lies immobilized on the material plane. Her legs ascend toward Heaven while her arms and hair descend toward Hell, suspending her between opposing judgments. The sermon has ended. The people have delivered their earthly judgment. What remains is a final verdict from the divine.
"Ascension" is the third and final painting, completing the cycle. The woman rises beyond mortal judgment. She leaves behind a cold, bluish body; the reminder of her suffering on the material plane. Her hair entwines with the heavens, signaling a union beyond human understanding. Her inverted pose, reversed from the second painting, reveals that the assumptions placed upon her were entirely wrong. The viewer stands below. She no longer faces those who condemned her. What was demanded of her has been endured; what remains now belongs to the infinite.
Each piece is $200 or best offer. I can send better photos upon request.





