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SAGRADA FAMILIA IN BARCELONA
A Cathedral That Transcends Itself. Recently Sondra and I visited the Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona, designed by the great Catalan architect, Antonio Gaudi. In his own time he was considered revolutionary. He had a strong connection to nature, and looked toward nature even for mathematical principles that would change the way things were built. […]
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ESTONIAN ORANGE JESUS
Orange is the New “Jesus in Estonia” I painted an “Orange Jesus” in Estonia. It was a joyous affair. I love Estonia, and do some of my best work here. When I was in the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and I received a clear direction that I should paint the “Dream Team,” the triumvirate of […]
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CLASSIC ITALIAN ROMANESQUE CHURCH
The Romanesque Cathedral we saw in Spoleto, Italy Spoleto Cathedral is a Romanesque structure in Italy. We recently stayed with Eli and Mattia in their wonderful Villa, near Spoleto. They took us to see many great things, and most closely to their hometown of Spoleto was the Duomo of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The […]
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GRANADA’S ALHAMBRA
Why Art Counts in Your Life #5 : The Alhambra I always wanted to see the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The art history books place it large in the annals of Islamic Architecture during the 800 year reign of the Muslims in Southern Spain. These gardens and quintessential castles were begun in 1238, and were […]
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WHY ART COUNTS #4 – PORTRAITS
What is a portrait? The dictionary defines portraits this way: a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders. • a representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film: the writer builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community. In […]
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WHY ART COUNTS IN YOUR LIFE #3
The Whole Point of the Icon Painting For the past 10 years I have been painting the Spiritual Masters with whom I am familiar. I am spiritually enriched in this process. My intention in these paintings is to capture something of the spiritual power these Masters transmit. I would like the paintings to embody the […]
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WHY ART COUNTS IN YOUR LIFE #2
JOHANNES VERMEER PAINTS THE STILLNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE Last Wednesday, January 17th, 2018, Sondra and I attended this exhibition in its last week at the National Gallery of Art: Vermeer has always been one of my “art loves,” from a very early age. Especially his most famous and larger work, “The Artist in His Studio.” […]
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WHY ART COUNTS IN YOUR LIFE #1
THE ROLE OF BEAUTY These next six articles on Why Art Counts in Your Life will address some of the basic reasons for art that I have pondered over the years. My view is that Art counts a lot in the enrichment of our lives, and without it we would have a much more empty […]
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PAINTING THE MASTERS UPLIFTS MY SOUL
Why do you paint Babaji and Jesus and the Divine Mother so much? I am often asked, “Why do you paint the spiritual Masters so much, and does it ever seem like a limited subject matter?” I recall the 20th Century Italian painter Giorgio Morandi who painted bottles and vases in small still life paintings […]
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JESUS OF PERTH, AU
CHRISTMAS EVE, 2017 Washington DC is the seat of our nation, and Sondra and I live here. Founded on the separation of “church and state,” the USA has traditionally bred a tolerant people when it comes to religious beliefs and practices. FREEDOM has been the call of the American Ideal, not the dogmas of an […]
