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Art For Sale - Saint Michael Miniature Pen and Ink Drawings
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, stippled ink on genuine sheep skin, a (finished) Work In Progress |
As war escalates around the world, please remember each day to pray for Peace.
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Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Inc.
The Society of Tempera Painters
Marians Of The Immaculate Conception
Religious Subjects
in all media
I am often drawn to painting or drawing religious subjects, and am most enticed by antique illuminated manuscripts and traditional icons. I seem to, at times, struggle with attaining the perfection I desire in religious subjects, and I think that is because I will never feel I can really capture the essence of God, Jesus, Mary, the angels, etc. This does not mean I feel inadequate, it means that I have such a high regard for God and the Saints, that nothing I could ever attain would match who they really are.
And so, what I do, what seems to come naturally to me, is to use symbolic or representational elements to convey the "thought" of God and religious subjects. Reminders to myself and others that God is there, never to be truly conveyed or depicted (in my opinion), but to be reminded of in our daily lives.
As with everything else in my life, this page begins with The Our Father:
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The Our Father
Pen and ink and watercolor
7 x 9
Stonehenge vellum paper
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Stippled Ink on Genuine Sheep Skin
5 x 7 image size
7 x 10 skin size
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Saint Michael, Archangel
Stippled Ink on Genuine Calf Skin
4 x 6 image size
5 x 7 skin size
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ACEO Saint Michael No. 2
Stippled Ink on Genuine Sheep Skin
2.5 inches x 3.5 inches image size
2.5 inches x 3.5 inches skin size
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ACEO Our Lady of Guadalupe, (Mary, Mother Of God)
Stippled Ink on Genuine Sheep Skin
2.5 inches x 3.5 inches image size
2.5 inches x 3.5 inches skin size
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Our Lady of Compunction (adaptation, original Slovak text omitted)
Egg tempera
9 x 12
Maple wood panel, traditional gesso, composition gold leaf, hand ground pigments
I completed this icon on April 1, 2005 at the same time it was announced that Pope John Paul II had become gravely ill. This icon will always represent Mary, and now also will remind me of John Paul II and his guidance for all Catholics.
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Our Lady of Tenderness
Egg tempera
6 x 6
Artboard wood panel, traditional gesso, composition gold leaf, hand ground pigments
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The Tree of Life / Peace
Pen and ink and watercolor
4 x 4
Winsor and Newton 140 lb hot press paper
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Saint Michael, Archangel
Egg tempera over ink
6 x 8
RealGesso art panel, gesso, India ink, hand ground pigments
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Saint John The Baptist
Egg tempera
5 x 7
Pine board, traditional gesso, hand ground pigments, gold leaf
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The Pope
Egg tempera
3 x 5
RealGesso art panel, gesso, hand ground pigments, gold leaf - painted during the 2005 Conclave
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Christ Emmanuel
Egg Tempera
6 x 6
Wood board, gesso, India ink, hand ground pigments,
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Christ The Savior No.1
Egg Tempera
9 x 12
Wood (Maple) board, gesso, India ink, hand ground pigments, gold watercolor, gold leaf
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Christ The Savior No.2
Egg Tempera
9 x 12
Wood (Maple) board, gesso, India ink, hand ground pigments, gold watercolor, gold leaf
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Invitation Of Christ No. 2
Stippled Ink on Genuine Sheep Skin
4 x 6 image size
5 x 7 skin size
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PXI
Pen and ink
3 3/4 x 4
Winsor and Newton 140 lb hot press paper