October is the time of year to celebrate the life of Francis of Assisi. Endearing images of the saint who loved God's creation, surrounded by animals, are a staple of Western Christian art. There is a less familiar genre of Franciscan imagery, where the saint communes with a bleeding Christ on the Cross or holds a skull to remind…
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Christians pay homage to the Hosts of Heaven this month at Michaelmas on September 29th. In keeping with this feast day, I am adding four new images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to the From Realms of Glory gallery of the Themes of Faith section depicting angels as administrators of divine justice at the End of Time. Berlin-based…
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For those of you who have not had the chance to spend any vacation time this summer admiring the beauties of nature, I have four new images to offer from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection in August depicting the Creation of the World in the opening chapter of the Book of Genesis. Southwestern American Saint-Maker Marie Romero Cash shows…
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With the summer season just around the corner, I am presenting four new works for the month of June from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection on the always popular pastoral theme of the Good Shepherd. Japanese Master Printmaker Sadao Watanabe offers an Asian variation on Christ's Parable of the Lost Sheep, showing the Good Shepherd returning the stray to…
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May is a time traditionally devoted to the Virgin Mary. I have five Marian images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to show this month, adding more diversity to the already varied mix of works by international artists on The Magnificat page in The Coming of Christ gallery of The Life of Christ section. These new art offerings for…
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Easter Sunday falls on the first of April this year, so, I have selected four images of the Resurrection by international artists in very different styles as this month's new art offerings from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection. American Artist Edward Medina gives us a three-color giclee print of a burial-shroud concealing variation on Michelangelo's famous black chalk drawing…
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As we continue on in the Season of Lent, I have two complete cycles of Stations of the Cross images to present for the month of March from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection by East European artists. Stanislaw Koguciuk, a folk art painter from the village of Plawanice, near Poland's eastern border with Ukraine, brings together all fourteen Stations…
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Ash Wednesday falls of February 14th this year. As we begin the Season of Lent, I'm presenting four new paintings of the Last Supper from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection by artists from the Americas. The images follow the long-table format of the Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece--with interesting regional variations. In an oil painting on burlap from Mexican Artist…
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January is the month when we celebrate the visit of the Wise Men to the Christ Child on the Feast of the Epiphany. To mark the beginning of the New Year, I'm adding three new images on this theme from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to the We Three Kings page of The Coming of Christ gallery of The… more >>
In celebration of Christmas, I'm adding four new nativity scenes from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to the Before the Marvel of This Night page in the Themes of Faith section. They are all carved from wood by art-makers from around the globe. German-born Folk Artist Gunther Kiel now carries on the creche-making traditions of his homeland on a…
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We begin the countdown to Christmas this month with a look at three thoroughly modern images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection of the Annunciation, the moment when the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to tell her she would give birth to the Christ Child, found in the Luke 1:26-38. The event is traditionally celebrated in the…
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