Art Show, "Witness to the Beauty of God"

"Witness to the Beauty of God"

April 2021

Between 2017-2020, I painted around twenty portraits of religious personages. Bishops, priests, religious sisters, Buddhist monks and Jewish rabbi. I was fascinated by faces of men and women of prayer who gave their life to God in the secret of a monastery or at the service or others.

These acrylic paintings, watercolors, pastels and sketches were definitely not masterpieces, but they try to give homage and a reflection of the beauty I contemplated. 

In April of 2021, on the world day of prayer for vocations, I had the opportunity to select a few artworks to share at a garden party. 

 

Gallery

A few paintings...

 

 The picture of this Ethiopian Priest struck me deeply. I wanted to capture both his expression as well as the contrast. Only acrylic painting could succeed at this venture...I had a set I had not touched for fifteen years. It was a revelation for me: I discovered I could paint faces!

Witness to the Light and Love. His face coming out of the darkness expresses goodness and a bountiful heart. His knotted hands seem to rise in prayer.

 

 A Catholic Bishop, an Orthodox, a Rabbi and an Imam side by side, listening and looking in the same direction.

I love our Mother Church who is constantly seeking unity and communion with no fear of dialogue. Each religion reflects a facet of the Beauty of God.

 

 The beauty of the witness of this Sister walking through the streets of Paris on an ordinary day.