Grace
Acrylic paint on wood panel
11 x 11 in.



Detail:

Studies for Grace

Left: Dad, pen on paper, 5.25 x 6.5 in.

Center: Dinner Table, pen on paper, 4.25 x 5.25 in.

Right: Mom, acrylic on wood panel, 5.75 x 7.75 in.

Grace II (While Dean is Very Hungry)

Acrylic paint on paper

7 x 7 in.

Grace

Pen on paper

7.75 x 5.75 in.

*based on photo from book, "America at Home"

Home I (The Gabriel Tree)

Pen on paper

7.75 x 5.75 in.

The Steeles' Residence, Cape May, NJ

Pen on paper

7 x 5.75 in.

The Steeles' Residence, Cape May, NJ
Pen on paper
8.75 x 11 in.

Wedding at Cana I
Acrylic on circular canvas
12 x 12 inches

This artwork depicts a particular room and its furnishings in Dublin Castle. The Virgin Mary whispers to Christ, who wears a red robe, that the wine has run out. Mary’s opaque white skin and robes are based on descriptions of her Apparition at Knock in Ireland in 1879. One of the ceremony’s servants, a contemporary priest, brings the new, miraculous wine to the praying couple. The miracle at Cana foreshadows of the miracle of the Eucharist, which beautifully intertwines the communion of Marriage and the communion of the Eucharist.


(*special thanks to my friends Pat and Paula Reynolds for modeling for this painting)

Wedding at Cana II

Acrylic on oval canvas

24 x 18 in.

(*please see text accompanying "Wedding at Cana I)

Unbinding Lazarus III

Acrylic on canvas

7 x 9 in.

2008

These three paintings titled "Unbinding Lazarus" are based on the preceding black and white "Lazarus" series and they portray another allegorical interpretation of the unbinding of Lazarus. Mary and Martha are depicted as two small, elderly nuns praying for their younger brother. Christ watches over the scene, gesturing for silence and peace. A woman, perhaps a personification of healing grace, unbinds Lazarus in a dark pool. This pool is a symbol for the tomb, and is also a reference to the origins of the name Dublin, “Dubh Linn,” or “dark pool.” A large dark lake was once located in this part of Dublin.

(*please see the text accompanying the black and white "Lazarus" paintings in the next posts, for more information on the symbolism and historical information related to these three pieces)

Unbinding Lazarus II

Acrylic on canvas

7 x 9 in.

2008

(*this piece is part of a series of six works of this subject -- please see other pieces for text regarding the symbolism and historical settings in these works)

Unbinding Lazarus I

Acrylic on canvas

9 x 7 in.

2008

(*this piece is part of a series of six works of this subject -- please see other pieces for text regarding the symbolism and historical settings in these works)