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Is Ted Haggard Born Again?


Is Ted Haggard Born Again?

—Details, April, 2007
Reverend Ted Haggard might have thought he had a second act as a man of faith but was unable to wash himself clean of the stigma of his secret homosexual life. Design Director, Rockwell Harwood, had a perfect satirical point of view - Haggard being baptized in drag. I tried to give it as much classical appeal as I've seen in some of my most favorite religious paintings. I wonder how Reubens would have handled it?

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