Two Icon Painting Courses in 2023

The group will get an introduction to the Byzantine style tradition in our Icon Painting courses in 2023. we use a contemporary format with an emphasis on silence and prayer. Students are led through the preparation of the icon, using egg emulsion, earth pigments, and gold leaf application, tracing the historical and theological basis for icons. Our Icon Painting courses provoke lively and insightful discussions about God, why we are here, and the technique. We cover the symbolism and prayer embedded in this ancient tradition. Working as a group contributes to the contemplative experience through sacred icon art. Everyone will finish one icon.

St Clair’s Church Blairsville, Georgia

Rev Liz Schellingerhoudt at St Clair’s Church Blairsville, Georgia, came to Mexico last year on her sabbatical. This coming winter she has invited me again to teach an icon painting course in 2023, October 23rd to 27th. Painting an icon in the cool gentle mountains of Georgia will be invigorating. Join us. 480.00 USD

​Information please contact Rev Liz Schellingerhoudt phone 706-745-0607 or e mail liz@stclaresepiscopal.org

About the Icon Painting course 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 painting course with Mary Jane Miller. The iconography process will change your perspective working with earth pigments and in addition broaden your awareness of who you are.

All of life comes from the unseen energy of God, creation seen in color and formed in witness.

As a female icon painter living in Mexico, Miller believes Byzantine style iconography has the potential to reflect humankind’s continual joy and beauty found in the search for spiritual fulfillment. She teaches the subtle joy in listening to our own personal mysticism. So when you are looking for icon painting course 2023, don’t miss out on registering for one of the Icon Painting courses in Georgia. You don’t need to be of any religious belief or catholic iconographers to enjoy this class.

Peace on the Planet

BEST BOOKS by Mary Jane Miller on iconography and other meditations.

Iconography and Meditation is an introduction to Icon Painting and their Secret Techniques revealed through the practice. The 12-step sequence is a simplified road map for proceeding from vision to creation. Every step is accompanied by suggested meditations to focus the mind with more awareness on who we are as we are painting. However, while easy to follow detailed instructions about technique and materials are provided, my main objective is to emphasize the mystical experience of the process itself.

For three decades I have experimented with different forms of prayer. Saints and theologians inspired my first experiences of meditation, sitting for long periods of time in silence. I found a new way to commune with the Spirit, Painting with Mother Earth using egg tempera. If you can grasp the inter-relationship of flesh and spirit in any one aspect of your life, then it is possible to see it run like an electrical current through all of life. BUY NOW