For the holiday season, I'm presenting four tinted drypoint prints of episodes from the Christmas Story--the Birth in Bethehem, the Visitation of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Wise Men, and the Flight into Egypt--from Czech Graphic Artist Jaroslav Dajc. They can be found on the pages of The Coming of Christ gallery in The Life of Christ section.…
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For the month of November, I'm uploading a quartet of images by international printmakers from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to The Annunciation page of The Coming of Christ gallery of The Life of Christ section, illustrating the "prequel" to the Christmas story, when the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to tell her she had been chosen…
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The season for harvesting grapes in the Northern Hemisphere runs from late August through October, bringing to mind the many varied references to vineyards in the Bible. I have four new images to add to The True Vine gallery in the Themes of Faith section illustrating Christ's reference to himself in John 15:1-6 as the vine stock, supporting and…
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For the next few weeks my sacredartpilgrim sister site will present images celebrating the donkey in religious art. This humble beast of burden figures in several biblical narratives, one of which is the subject of my posting for the beginning of the summer--the story of Balaam's ass, found in the Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Numbers, Chapter 22.…
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May is the time of year to pay homage to the Virgin Mary. I have four new images of the Mother of Christ to present this month by Ukrainian Greek Catholic artists from the West Ukrainian cultural center of Lviv. Two icons of the Madonna and Child painted in a traditional way with modern styling are now on view…
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My art selection for the season of Lent this year from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection is a complete cycle of prints of the Stations of the Cross by French Graphic Artist Albert Decaris. He is considered to be the most outstanding practitioner in 20th century France of the art of engraving, where images are incised by hand directly…
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My art offerings for the first two months of 2023 illustrate a grim postlude to the Christmas story, coming after the Visit of the Magi, when an angel warns Joseph in a dream to flee with the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child to Egypt and escape the Slaughter of the Innocents planned by King Herod. My selections for…
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