[Salvation]

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Reed Armstrong 13 Sussex Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Michael Janek 9734 150A St. Surrey, British Columbia CANADA V3R 7M4 Frederick Hart 14120 Hume Rd. Hume, VA 22639	Kirk St. Maur The Stables' Studios Payson, IL 62360 Fr. Anthony Brankin St. Thomas More Church 2825 W. 81 St. Chicago, IL 60652 Gloria Thomas 154 Kentucky Ave., #3 Lexington, KY 40502

[Salvation]

Artist’s ping!

[Salvation]

Could you please add the word in brackets to this title?

[Ecumenical]

Thanks.

[Vince Ferrer]

I have taken up painting in the last several years for essentially the same reason. There is too much richness in Western culture, and we have abandoned it. The art of painting is difficult to learn and has almost been lost, by a culture that is now trivializing the hard work and effort required to master an art. Modern art is no different than the damage done by rap to music, or even reducing drama and acting to reality tv. My art will never be great, but I will never settle for producing therapy-by-finger-painting.

[Notwithstanding]

Nice piece - a bit dated, I think. Armstrong did a series of large bronzes for Ave Maria School of Law.

[Notwithstanding]

I urge everyone to support the work of Dony Macmanus. He is a member of Opus Dei and is dedicated to fostering a rebirth of religious art. He is working to set up a school in Rome that will be associated with the Vatican.

http://www.donymacmanusstudios.com/

Here is a reredos with tabernacle - note that Mary is the tabernacle.

[annalex]

Another artist with a deep understanding of the purpose of art is David Clayton. He also has a measure of success as the Artist-in-Residence and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts.

thewayofbeauty.org

[firerosemom]

I just recently learned of an iconographer, David Clayton, based at Thomas More College in Merrimack NH, who creates beautiful art. He spoke to students at my school last week and it was a fascinating lecture!

[AnAmericanMother]

Just my opinions, and your mileage may vary:

Gloria Thomas:

Absalom and David as a prefiguring of Christ's sacrifice.

the Blessed Virgin Mary

This is good work. Her vision is unique, but I have the feeling that she is still searching for her own style - there are echoes of numerous artists here.

Kirk St. Maur:

Father Marquette. What is it about these people and draperies?

Frederick Hart (who apparently died in 1999):

from the National Cathedral

He's really uneven. Some of his stuff is great, some of it is just kitsch (especially the floating ladies). He has of the sculptors the best ability to handle his material though.

[AnAmericanMother]

OK, now I'm going to drop in a favorite of mine, that I discovered through Fr. Z's blog - Daniel Mitsui.

This is more like illumination than conventional portraiture. I think I like it because it is done in the same spirit as one of my favorite artists, Arthur Szyk:

I have his Haggadah, which is a most marvelous work.

[ottbmare]

This article must be pretty old: Frederick Hart has been dead for ten years, God rest his soul. I wish the Lord had allowed us to keep him for many years longer, as his conservative views were an important force for faith, culture, freedom, and nation. So annoyed about this; now I’m going to have to wait until I get to heaven to have a chance to talk to him. Bah.