THE ICON
THE ICON shows us precisely the body of a holy person... in the mould of his/her glorious body which partakes in a certain manner of the properties of the spiritual body.
The aim of the ICON is to attune us to the transfiguration of all our feelings, our intelligence and other aspects of our nature.
This contact with the divine world through the DOORWAY of the icon purifies everything and consumes that which cannot be purified.
Every manifestation of human nature becomes clear, acquiring its true meaning and place.
AND PAINTING...
This painting is inspired by a fresco by Theophanes the Greek. It is a study of his masterful brushwork, as well as the translucent luminescence of the saints' transfigured body.
THE TRINITY
Icon, after Rublev.
Written in 2017 under the guidance of Icon Painter Elaine Waller during a stay at the Monastery of St. Antony and St. Cuthbert in Shropshire.
Elijah
A study of the face of Prophet Elijah, 2017
Egg tempera on icon board.
GABRIEL
Drawing in pigment suspended in water (no binder)
Painted during a dark night in the Pyrenees, 2018