It was one of four portraits Wheatley created of Jesus. The others showed his more serious sides. It is amazing how this one of him laughing has captured the world’s imagination. But it should ...

she said, laughing. "He thought I was crazy and ... "I didn't realize (the portrait of Jesus) was going to evoke so much emotion," she said. "... I think an African-American Jesus can break ...

laughing. Her painting, showing a teenage Jesus studying with his father, has spent as much time in the garage with the bicycles as it has on her easel. As much as this painting frustrates her ...