An interview with Mary Jane Miller: what makes a Painting an Icon? Tell me about yourself. Who are you? Can you be more specific? People change every instant. I live in San Miguel Allende, Mexico. I am a full-time icon artist reminding myself that we are divine beings of light, brief reflections in time and space. What is it about icon painting that you find yourself drawn to? Iconographers have said, beauty can change the world and our vibration. I began painting an icon by ... Read More about What Makes A Painting An Icon?: 15 Astounding Minutes with Mary Jane Miller
3 Exciting Ways Icon Art Shows God’s Story
As an iconography artist and author, I use my brush and keyboard to fashion thought-provoking paintings and text to give icon art meaning. I believe in a benevolent being, whether God, Spirit or Energy. This source has shaped and influenced all our material and spiritual reality. This God has shaped the land, sea, and all living things, including women and men. 'Its' timeless presence has affected and influenced all that we perceive.. In my opinion, I believe my modern icon art and ... Read More about 3 Exciting Ways Icon Art Shows God’s Story
A Life-Changing Icon Painting Delaware Workshop You Should Be A Part Of
Icon Painting Delaware workshop in LEWES, DELAWARE November 6th to 11th, 2022 After a long time, St Peters Episcopal church has invited me back for an icon painting workshop in 2022. I am excited and grateful to be doing this fifth workshop in Delaware. About the Icon Painting Delaware Workshop Our icon painting workshop will explore ancient stone pigments called egg tempera. Each participant will finish painting one Byzantine Style icon. Engage in this Extraordinary Icon ... Read More about A Life-Changing Icon Painting Delaware Workshop You Should Be A Part Of
How to celebrate the Assumption with the Dormition Icon Writings
Let's analyze the dormition icon writings to see what the story behind the story really is. The New Testament does not mention any reference to the death and assumption of the Mother of Jesus, and there is no historical documentation for the death of Mary. There is no authentic tradition dating back to the apostles commemorating how the Mother of God left this earth. The orthodox dormition icon writings depicts her as having fallen asleep while Christ comes to collect her soul. From the ... Read More about How to celebrate the Assumption with the Dormition Icon Writings
Inebriate My Heart in Icon Writing Sacred Space
Modern scholars such as Joseph Campbell have argued that religion is derived from the word religare: re (again) + ligare (bind or connect), which means to reconnect. I feel I reconnect with my spiritual self when I do Icon writing. Icon Writing is the process of visually implementing the spirit through icon painting techniques. For me, this process of iconography is the perfect metaphor for being pulled up towards the light in the magnificent domes of most Churches. When standing reverently ... Read More about Inebriate My Heart in Icon Writing Sacred Space
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