Saints Adoring the Body of Christ and the Most Holy Trinity - UPDATE

This is the painting so far, it is oil on canvas and is 60" x 36".   I'm still working on just about everything, adding saints, the image of Christ needs some work - but I am pretty happy with the overall impression of the painting.

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St. Lucy - UPDATE

Updated image of the St. Lucy painting.  It is oil on canvas, 30" x 24". It is still in progress, but it is coming along. 

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Seven Sorrows of Mary.

September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.   Here are a two drawings I have made of the subject.

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Both drawings are black and white charcoal on grey toned paper. The drawings are matted to 10" x 8" and rests in a 15" x 12" frame.

Thanks,

Peter

The Seven Sorrows.

The presentation in the temple and the prophecy of Simeon. The flight into Egypt. The loss of Jesus in the temple. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus. The Descent of Christ from the Cross. The Burial of Jesus.
More information about the Seven Sorrows can be found here.

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Immaculate Heart Drawing.

This is an original drawing I've made of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her Immaculate Heart. It is in black and white charcoal on tinted paper. It is matted to 9.5" x 7.5" and rests in a 15" x 12" frame. 

From the Catholic Encyclopedia:

"Just as devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is only a form of devotion to the adorable Person of Jesus, so also is devotion to the Holy Heart of Mary but a special form of devotion to Mary. In order that, properly speaking, there may be devotion to the Heart of Mary, the attention and the homage of the faithful must be directed to the physical heart itself. However, this in itself is not sufficient; the faithful must read therein all that the human heart of Mary suggests, all of which it is the expressive symbol and the living reminder: Mary's interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for her God, her maternal love for her Divine Son, and her motherly and compassionate love for her sinful and miserable children here below. The consideration of Mary's interior life and the beauties of her soul, without any thought of her physical heart, does not constitute our devotion; still less does it consist in the consideration of the Heart of Mary merely as a part of her virginal body. The two elements are essential to the devotion, just as soul and body are necessary to the constitution of man."

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Christ Crowned with Thorns Casting.

Here are pictures of the first casting of my Christ Crowned with thorns sculpture.

Available here.

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Saint Rita.

Here is an oil painting I am working on of Saint Rita, it is 30"x24".

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Head of Christ, and Virgin Mary.

Here are some pictures of my Christ Crowned with thorns sculpture in clay, and a white plaster casting of my Virgin Mary sculpture.  I am cleaning up a casting of the Christ sculpture and will have pictures of it soon.

Available here.

All artwork and content © Peter Murphy 2010