Paintings of the Coronation of Mary and An Annunciation Scene. Both Based on Stained Glass Windows.

egg tempera on French paper, 22.5" length

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Strangers in a Strange Land

"If most of us, and probably all of us, were to receive a full revelation of heaven, and were to experience the contrast of heaven to this present world, the contrast would be too great for our mortal minds to bear.

If we could gaze on the magnificent scenery of the heavenly landscape, if we could look upon the eternal city with its gates of pearl and streets of gold, and could actually behold our glorified friends, family, neighbors, and companions ready to receive us into their holy and glorious fellowship, how eager we would be to embrace them and never return back into the corruption of this world! We would be filled with the ecstasy of pure delight and our souls would be bursting with heavenly joy!”

My private collection includes a beautiful painting entitled  Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven with Angels and is based on a grand, stained glass window. If you would like to purchase gift cards please review the selection at the end of this blog. A portion of the money earned goes toward maintenance of this huge basilica edifice (below).

My first impulse was to copy all eight of the Marian windows with at least seven being of unique East European origin. However, this project has necessarily settled onto the back burner for now.

St Josaphat

What’s next for me in this genre?  I’ve admired, studied and photo-documented thousands of historical windows over the past eight years and have been on the constant lookout for exceptional larger compositions to recreate as paintings. I can tell you that there is no shortage of great window patterns but just a shortage of time for me!

Archangel Gabriel, Annunciation window

BVM, Annunciation Window

     The Annunciation Window.  Conceived in a time of high faith, the timeless beauty of the late 19th and early 20th-century religious stained glass pictorials are particularly appreciated for their overall liturgical excellence. Only recently one such elegant window truly captured my attention and is part of a ten piece visual visual narration based on the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
     My version of this scene will be painted using rich and time-tested, vibrant egg tempera colors on a 1/8" completely smooth, prepared hard panel of "16x36". Most suitable for framing.  The Coronation, in comparison, measures 10.5" by 22.5" and was completed on a textured French brand paper. Like the Coronation, Annunciation will be rendered without all of the heavy lead lines and partitions that are part of stained glass window art. The halos and miscellaneous details will be burnished in real gold. More about it  here.

a sneak peek

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