My Black Jesus is a luminous, devotional, and radically reimagined portrait that challenges Western iconography while affirming Black sacred presence. Emerging from a halo of burnished light, this figure gazes forward with calm authority—steadfast, compassionate, and uncompromising. His locs cascade like a living crown, and the layered necklaces, crowned by a cross, evoke both spiritual lineage and ancestral memory.
Rooted in the spirit of Bradford William Pazant’s We Were Never Meant to Beg for Light, this piece refuses the erasure of Black divinity and instead centers love as its theology. The textured, almost weathered palette suggests something ancient and eternal, as if this image has always existed—waiting to be seen, remembered, and claimed.
Beneath the portrait, the statement “My Black Jesus is rooted in love. Is yours?” invites viewers into reflection, accountability, and imagination: What does faith look like when it is honest, liberated, and unapologetically Black?
This museum-quality digital print is designed for collectors, educators, and those seeking art that speaks to identity, power, and spiritual possibility.