"The Angels speak to us through images" Thomas Aquinas

Welcome to my new online art store.Here you can order cards of my work.  You can also see hand-painted icons and other original paintings and drawings that are available.  Or you…

Ancient peoples sometimes saw metals as made of light, as if gold was solidified sunlight and silver congealed moonlight. Metal as matter plus light became a symbol for humans as…

What is 'inverse perspective' in icon painting? What fall classes and workshops are you teaching? How is the mural with the youth of South Church progressing?  This newsletter/post introduces a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giNZwrCFy9Q In this video Imago (an inner image in the psyche) and projection are first looked at in the thought of Carl Jung. Then I show ways in which imago…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdJw8S3e88&t=1012s Here is a video I made on the question: How do angels speak with and enlighten humans? This question was addressed in a text from the 13th century by…

Jesus said, “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go…

By nature we live a good portion of our lives submerged in the waters of dream. And even in our waking hours we swim in spontaneous fantasy processes. Certain humans…

Here is a great project I am blessed to be part of and contibute to: Amanda Joy Sisk is artist in residence for Padre Island National Seashore.  Padre Island, off…

Part of the beauty of ancient art is the atmosphere that the 'damage' of time has given the work.  In this post I will describe some processes I am exploring…

Intro This painting (part of a triptych for All Saints Church in Concord NH, containing imagery from the book of the Apocalypse, also called the book of Revelation), is based…