One of the purposes of art is to make the gospel live for the people in the artist’s time. Caravaggio accomplished this for his generation, and John Granville Gregory did the same almost 400 years later. Borrowing Caravaggio’s composition of The Incredulity of Thomas, Gregory updated the characters to look like a group of young men you might see hanging out at a sports bar. Continue reading Still Doubting: Some thoughts on Doubting Thomas
In every other painting of the crucifixion, Jesus is the focal point with the crowd looking at him. To the best of my knowledge, Tissot is the only one who has ever painted the crucifixion from Jesus’ perspective. Although Jesus is still at the center, we can only perceive him through the eyes and body language of those gathered around him. Continue reading Four Paintings of the Crucifixion, #5 (bonus painting)
Crucifixion – Pierre Paul Prud’hon, 1822 Background. Painted after the death of his student and lover, Constance Mayer, Prud’hon captures … Continue reading Four Paintings of the Crucifixion, #2
“Some Children See Him,” is one of my favorite Christmas carols. Its gentle melody and simple words invite us to … Continue reading Some Children See Him: A Christmas Carol
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last … Continue reading The Radiance of Gods Glory: a Meditation for Christmas Day.
This is the season of Advent, a time to prepare for the coming of Christ. Over the next few posts I … Continue reading The Vulnerability of Mary: a meditation on the Cestello Annunciation
From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in—we heard it with our own ears, saw it … Continue reading To Touch the Face of Jesus
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I am an artist and illustrator. And these “episodes” are quick sketches of and stories about people that I meet or have met over the years. I do the drawings first, keeping them simple and spontaneous but (hopefully) sophisticated. They are with perhaps one or two exceptions, line drawings done with a fine-line pen. I started doing these drawings in business meetings. That expanded to doing them in waiting rooms or while traveling, as a way to remember the people I met, worked with, or just observed from afar. Once I’d done a number of these sketches, I began to wonder about the people they depict. What might they be really like on the inside? What are their dreams? Their fears? Their secrets? Since I did not know the people I was drawing (or because I did not know them well), I felt ill-at-ease about asking personal questions. And so, I began to create stories about these people, based on what I imagine their life is like. That way, each drawing became a kind of psychological adventure; I never knew, when I sat down to write, what I was going to find. Like the drawings themselves, the stories are not to scale or photographic. If there is any prevailing theme, it is this: people keep their inner world well-hidden and probably for damn good reason. A secondary theme: making stuff up is much more fun than reality. And in a way, that is the real truth in all this. If you would like to learn more about me or my work please send a note. Our email: myron.gilbert@att.net
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