our lady of the sign
my disparate existence blessed me to be able to take time out to paint my second icon a few weeks ago. am only posting a few of the stages as i had to redo her face at least six times and all facial attempts beyond the one i finished with seemed too corpse-like to ever allow the light of day to reveal.
icon painting, like gardening or any other such activity requiring patience and co-creation is a great opportunity to attempt to be worked through, and to be enriched in the course of the attempting. the process itself is a gift, and so far, the two results i have borne have not been displeasing, though i am in no way in danger of thinking that those results range anywhere near the heights of iconographic art…
She who is more spacious than the heavens, She who contained what the universe cannot contain, pray for us!
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WOW! Thank you for sharing, dear Pilgrim!
Comment by Mrs. Bear — Monday, March 27, 2006 @
Wow, i didn’t know you painted. How did I not know that? Or did I?
Comment by Overlyconscious — Monday, March 27, 2006 @
WOW! That’s great!
Good to see you the other day!
Hope the rain does not disturb your traveling!
Comment by Dz — Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @
Um, I didn’t look up to see that the other comments also started with “WOW!” until I had already posted!
But I do mean Wow!
Comment by Dz — Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @
Again, nice work, She’s beautiful. Have fun on your journey and God Bless.
Comment by nevermore — Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @
That’s beautiful. I am trying to get into iconography myslef. Would you happen to know of any books on technique and style?
Comment by Paul — Thursday, January 4, 2007 @