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With the "Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Artists" in mind, let's support each other as we work toward a more constructive partnership between art and the Church, and draw people to the Gospel through beauty and wonder which opens the human soul to a sense of the eternal.
Let's discuss the relationship between philosophy, theology and art/architecture, let's share our work and our struggles, and let's pray for each other.
"Come, O Creator Spirit,
visit our minds,
fill with your grace the
hearts you have created.
Veni Creator Spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia
quae tu creasti pectora."
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Great blog by the way! 
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Definitely one of my favorite blogs! I especially love the animation article that was posted recently. 
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Apr 15, '10 8:49 pm
Sonic
An interesting topic about Iconography just popped up on the main forums. In it there is a link to a radio program about Icons.
Fr. Joseph Marquis, pastor of Sacred Heart Byzantine Catholic Church in Livonia, Michigan on Al Kresta's program talking about Iconography.
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=447409
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Thank you for your comments. I tried to post an image of the icon but I can't make new avatar or upload graphic. Do you know how?
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just joined... hope i get approved quick! 
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Once during Lent, I made a set of drawings of the stations of the cross and prayed through them as I drew them. It was something that God put on my heart to do as I was working through some issues of forgiveness. It definitely helped God's grace work on me, and I was able to forgive and be set free. It was a major turning point in my life.
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I am inspired by the material while I work with it. I learned this method as an oil painter, when my teacher showed me that the period of time spent on the drudgery of stretching, nailing, and priming my own canvasses was time for the intended images to come to the surface in my mind.
Now I do the same with all media, just messing around with the material until I know what I want to do. Lately it is with papier-mache instead of oil painting (which I gave up for watercolor, anyway)
I have standard subjects to work with until an idea presents itself. For a long time it was horses, and from time to time I enroll in life-drawing classes, and lately it has been orchids but when I started a series of crucifixes, more religious themes began to suggest themselves.
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What beautiful work! I love the tapestry theme. It lends itself well to this kind of subject.
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Well, I guess we artists don't have the most active followings, to judge by forum activity... but that's ok, more time to work on our stuff, right ?
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Thanks Iona_scribe! I'm glad you like my work.
Insula Sacra came about as a reaction against the new age movement's usurpation of Christian symbolism. I wanted to reclaim the labyrinth symbol for Christ. So, I created one in the symbol of a Celtic cross. |
Nice! I feel very similarly. I've spent the past year or so creating some designs and images that have to do with the celtic and gothic artistic heritage of the Church. I want to bring back imagery that's been usurped and restore the Christian meaning.
I'm hopefully going to open a shop on www.zazzle.com sometime next year to sell my designs. I think it's against CAF rules to advertise for myself here, but there will be link on my blog when the time comes 
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Catholic Artist United! 
Catholic Artists & Architects
For all creative Catholics who love the rich artistic traditions of the Church and seek to glorify God through the gifts he has given them.
With the "Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Artists" in mind, let's support each other as we work toward a more constructive partnership between art and the Church, and draw people to the Gospel through beauty and wonder which opens the human soul to a sense of the eternal.
Let's discuss the relationship between philosophy, theology and art/architecture, let's share our work and our struggles, and let's pray for each other.
"Come, O Creator Spirit,
visit our minds,
fill with your grace the
hearts you have created.
Veni Creator Spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia
quae tu creasti pectora."