Dots For Jesus, The Creation of The People’s Portrait of Christ, takes you on a journey with an internationally renowned artist who is embarking on the most magnificent project of his life. It will involve the participation of Christians from all across the globe in the making of one of the most unique portraits of Jesus ever.
Artist David Ilan is known for his one-of-a-kind “dot drawings.” From top celebrities to causes and charities, he captures subjects with his hand-drawn dots on canvas. What makes his artwork even more distinctive, meaningful and popular is that each dot in a David Ilan drawing represents a real person somewhere in the world. One dot = one person.
In the summer of 2010, David was compelled to take on the Portrait of Jesus because of his experience with another project called Points With Purpose, a drawing for survivors of rape and sexual abuse. In reading all of the messages that were attached to the participants’ dots in the Points With Purpose drawing, David became acutely aware that many of the survivors who seemed most successful at moving on with their lives after their horrifying experience attributed their strength and success in recovery to Jesus Christ.
This sparked David’s curiosity about the power of Jesus in so many people’s lives.
As someone who was born in Israel, moved to Hollywood at a young age, and raised in the Jewish faith, David Ilan would never in a million years have predicted he would one day be the artist of The People’s Portrait of Christ.
Through his most ambitious project ever, David wants to be enlightened and educated by believers from all over the world – one million of them! This is how many dots it will take to complete what he hopes will be a celebrated Portrait of Jesus, made solely from the participation of His disciples, one dot at a time.
Everyone is invited to be part of the Portrait and participation is free. The only thing the artist asks is that everyone who receives a dot attaches a message to their dot that simply answers the question, “Why Jesus?” With each dot David draws, he hopes to come closer to an understanding.
This work of art can only be created if followers from all Christian denominations join the project, allowing their dots to be connected. It is when the dots come together that the inspired image of Jesus is formed.
Be part of this historic, global, participatory art project. Something great is in the works and it can only happen when you come forward and get your dot.
The first dot will be drawn when one million people sign up. Every dot counts in The People’s Portrait of Christ. Reserve your dot now.