Hello internet. Today we at World Famous Design Junkies are in search of the original artist behind the unaltered Jesus with Rifle piece you see below. What you see above is a bit of a hacked version to insight hype for both advertising revenue as well as more people power. The more people that look at this, the more likely the source is to be found. It’s math.

WANTED: The artist who painted this Jesus masterpiece! If you know, or know someone who might now, please turn them in this direction. The genius must be identified!

UPDATE – March 10, 2010, the painter has been identified! Thank you Jared S, who has commented below with the artist and painting name: “Beside Still Waters” by Simon Dewey. An image of the original resides below. Love it!

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