The Bible illustration blog

My apologies for not posting for a while. some of you know that my wife Alison, who has had a chronic illness for over 20 years, has been ex...

A regular contributor to the Bible illustration blog Nahum HaLevi has an exhibition of his Bible Art which opens today at the Jewish Museu...

The pictures for our children's Bible are finally finished! So, I am now moving onto the Bible pictures for NTM . This is an exciting pr...

While I was doing some research in connection with the last picture for our children's Bible, which is the 'Crossing of the Red Sea...

I received a very nice email a few weeks ago from Grant and Tara in New Zealand. Tara asked if I was familiar with the work of Herbert Rudee...

A few years ago I drew a picture of King Saul asleep in a cave, while David, who was hiding in the same cave with his men, cut off the corne...

On the right is a recently finished picture of Esther for our up-coming children's Bible. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was so im...

I've been in discussion with Randolph Capp from the United Bible Societies about the possibility of jointly running an 'Internation...

I had an email a couple of days ago from Bible Artist Keith Neely. Keith informs me that he has three filing cabinets filled with magazine ...

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836-1912 I recently came across some amazing Bible paintings by Dutch born Victorian artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tade...

Thanks to Stefan Koelewijn from the Netherlands I now have the full 24 volume set of 'The Great Bible Discovery' series first publi...

Here's a picture taken from the new 'Egermeier's Bible Story Book.' The picture is by one of my favorite Bible artists Cliv...

We have a question from Jessica in California: "What would sackcloth garments have looked like?" I thought that I would throw thi...

We don't usually have poetry on the Bible illustration blog, but as it's getting close to Easter I thought that I would share with y...

David and Goliath is one of the better known Bible stories. Anyone who doubts the authenticity of the story should take a little time to loo...

I have Just finished illustrating a picture of Samson from Judges chapter 16 for our upcoming Bible. Most children's Bibles show Samson ...

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new visitor to the Bible illustration blog, whose recent comments on the blog I ...

Before illustrating the picture (right) of Samuel and Eli, I wanted to gather some information about where this scene was taking place. In t...

The most common mistake made by artists when depicting 'Daniel in the Lion's Den' is showing Daniel to be much younger than he a...

This is an item I came across today on Dr Leen Ritmeyers website. 'The Messiah in the Temple' project is in the process of developin...

The earliest sources of pictorial information regarding clothing in Bible times comes from the ancient hieroglyphics found in the pyramids ...

"Happy New Year" to all the readers of the Bible illustration blog! My apologies for not posting recently but things have been ext...

The question below comes from Bible artist Greg Owen from the U.S. What did the sign look like that was on the cross?  Was it a clay tablet?...

Had an email this morning from Nathan Daniel from the 'Biblical Animation blog'. Some of you will know that Nathan has been working ...

Just finished the story of the healing of the paralyzed man from Mark ch2. There are six pictures in this set which brings our total Bible ...

It's that time of year again when everyone's rushing around trying to find good Christmas cards, (and Bible artists are kicking them...

Last week I finally finished the second part of the Nativity story which I intended finishing about this time last year! (My apologies). Th...