During the weeks between Easter and Ascension Sunday, I will be presenting new works from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection, depicting the Resurrection of Christ and his appearances to his disciples. My first offering is a mixed media painting by Scottish Artist Frances Watt, giving this foundational theme of Christian art a decidedly classical look. The stars are out, distant campfires burn, and a night owl watches in a tree, as a figure radiating white light--the Risen Christ or an angel--stands by the empty tomb in the first hours of Easter morning, taking the sleeping guards unawares. With its plinths and classical column, this cemetery looks like in belongs in ancient Rome more than in First Century Jerusalem. A Latin inscription on a gravestone in the foreground reads Sic transit miseria mundi ("Thus passes the misery of the world"), a variation of the well-known aphorism about the fleeting nature of life, Sic transit gloria mundi ("Thus passes the glory of the world"), signaling that Christ's death and resurrection have brought redemption to humanity. This new image of the Resurrection can be viewed on the Frances Watt biography page in the Sacred Artists section. (John Kohan)