24” x 30”

Oil Painting

A Corruption of Faith confronts the use of religion as a shield for political corruption, violence, and genocide. The painting imagines history repeating itself: if Jesus were alive today, would those claiming to defend faith be the same people to crucify him again? Jesus lived in the land that geographically encompasses present-day Israel and the Palestinian territories, directly connecting his crucifixion to the modern conflict. Behind the cross is Gaza, depicted in destruction, placing the biblical past and present-day suffering within the same geographic landscape.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu shake bloodied hands beneath him, bringing two forms of religious and political justification into the same scene. The work confronts the use of Christianity to spread division and hatred, while also questioning appeals to Jewish self-defense and accusations of antisemitism when they are used to defend or deflect criticism of violence against Palestinians. By placing Christ above these figures with Gaza behind him, the painting asks how faith meant to guide morality can instead be manipulated to justify human suffering.