Jim Carrey shared his thoughts on Jesus - and an impressive painting of the Son of God - in a new documentary short called I Needed Color.



In the video, the popular comedian reveals his love of painting and the visual arts - and how it helps him connect to his "inner life."



"You can tell what I love by the color of the paintings," he says in the video, posted to Vimeo. "You can tell my inner life by the darkness in some of them and you can tell what I want from the brightness in some of them."



In one scene, Carrey paints a picture of stunning picture of Jesus and explains that the "energy" surrounding Christ is "electric".



"I don't know if Jesus is real, I don't know if he lived, I don't know what he means, but the paintings of Jesus are really my desire to convey Christ's consciousness," Carrey admitted. "I wanted you to have the feeling when you look in his eyes that he was accepting of who you are. I wanted him to be able to stare at you and heal you from the pain."



He adds, "You can find every race in the face of Jesus. I think that's how every race imagines Jesus; they imagine him as their own."

