Thursday, April 21, 2011

A Commission in Progress

Study, Holy Darkness, 1.5 ft x 3 ft, Egg tempera on panel

This painting is a study for a larger panel of 3 ft x 6 ft . When the larger panel is complete it will be installed in the Bill Wassmuth Meditation Room at Hospice House of North Idaho. The dedication of the new building will be in July 2011.

Students Work and Learn in Intensive Iconography Workshops

The results of a three day intensive workshop with students in Seattle.

Students relax towards the end of the workshop.

A student learns to make egg tempera.

A demo shows students the next step in the journey of writing an icon.

A student practices petite strokes before placing them on her icon.