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Butterscotch Madonna
2019
monotype with text
24 x 22 inches
The expression of Christianity in South Italy (Magna Graecia) is Byzantine, not Roman.
Pranayama Madonna
2020
Monotype, mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
The Byzantine Breath Prayer: confession on the exhale; acceptance of forgiveness on the inhale.
Internet Madonna
2020
Monotype, mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
A mother’s worries about how much time her son is spending on the internet. "Is he doing his homework?”
(detail) Internet Madonna
2020
Monotype, mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
The son announces he has over a 2.1 billion followers and uses the hashtags #awesome and #love.
Saint Barbara
2020
Monotype, mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
Her elaborate earrings and jewelry indicate she came from a wealthy family.
Trifecta (#13, #14, #15)
2019
Painted plaster sculpture
Saint Barbara Blue
2020
Monotype, mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
Probably Saint Bernard
2020
monotype with mixed media and text
24 x 22 inches
Talisman #2
2019
Painted plaster sculpture
Byzantine Cats: Moshe and Maria
2020
Painted cartapesta sculptures
20 x 5 x x15 inches each
Cats wearing slippers can't climb the Tree of Life.
Gallery View
February 2020
Transporting fragments oif antiquity from the past to wherever the viewer might be standing --in this case, a gallery--is the action in the story of my Christian Icons.
Process images
Cripta del Crocefisso in Ugento, Italy.
There are four areas of frescos. Some are more damaged by moisture and time than others. Visits to the Cripta are by reservation, which isn’t that difficult but speaking Italian helps. Contact the Ugento Archeological Museum a day before you would like to see the wall paintings.
(Records indicate human presence in the surrounding area from at least the fourth century B.C. Cripta del Crocefisso is located on the Via Sallentina, a route of the Messapian and Roman ages that connected Otranto to Taranto.)