The Bible illustration blog

Annie Vallotton, illustrator of the iconic images in American Bible Society’s Good News Bible, died in France on December 28, 2013 at the ag...

Sorry once again for the delay since my last post - belated Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish readers, belated Happy Christmas and belated Happy...

The first part of Acts 13 follows Paul on one of his missionary journeys to Cyprus. The story is told in 5 pictures. Picture 1 shows the chu...

Acts 12 describes Peters miraculous escape from prison. We've retold the story in 5 pictures. Picture 1 shows Peter asleep in a moonlit ...

Acts 10 covers the conversion of the Roman Centurion, Cornelius, and his family. This is retold in 6 pictures. Picture 1 shows an angel app...

Rosh Hashanah is here again so I'd like to wish "Shanah Tovah" to all our Jewish readers. As we enter into the Jewish Year 577...

I'm presently working my way through the Acts of the Apostles. I've calculated that the whole of Acts will be completed in 130+ pict...

I think all bloggers will agree that one of the great things about blogging is the friends that you make from all around the globe! I'm ...

One thing you might notice about our pictures from now on - we've changed format! We've gone from portrait to landscape which is som...

Happy Easter to all our readers. Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written b...

Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938). Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960) A few years ago I purchased two old books (1950's) of Bible stories th...

Jewish Bible artist Darius Gilmont is considering organizing painting holidays in the Holy Land and is asking for feedback from readers of ...

Bible artist Chris Koelle has just sent me some information about a movie project of his on Kickstarter. Chris has illustrated a book title...

Happy New Year to all our readers! As I type out this blog we're surrounded by exploding fireworks as people welcome the new year in. Th...

Merry Christmas to all our readers! I received a christmas card from Bible artist Annie Vallotton a couple of days ago - one of her own de...

Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish readers! I've only recently noticed that Gustave Dorés Bible etchings have been colored and reprinted i...

The 'New Tribes Mission' pictures are finally complete! There are 210 pictures in the new set which is exactly double the number of ...

It's the Jewish New Year once again so "Shana Tova" to our Jewish readers and especially those Jewish Bible artists who regula...

I seem to start every post nowadays with the words "My apologies for the long delay since my last post..." The reason for this is ...

From the beginnings of early Christian iconography artists have strived to depict the Ark of the Covenant. Countless attempts have been made...

I'd like to wish all readers of the Bible illustration blog a very Happy Easter! "For God so loved the world that he gave his only ...

Update- April 2011: I've just received an email from Amazon informing me that this book is no longer available! I'm not sure if th...

I'm always on the lookout for photos of ancient carvings on stone that give us an idea of the designs that were used in Bible times. I w...

My sincere apologies for the long break since the last post. (This has been due in part to illness). We're still in January so I suppose...

Sergio Cariello If, like me, you grew up reading DC and Marvel comics, you're going to really like this next Bible artist interview. Thi...