Sonoma (1995-2001)

Under ESSAYS, read “Memo to a Bishop,” “Art, My Art and Religious Aesthetics.”and “Brilliant Passages.” Also read NEPSIS CYCLE III  and NEPSIS RATIONALE under POINTS OF ENTRY above.

Compare 158-164 with 165-168 below, esp. the captions. One group is a personal inner world; the other is the shared inner world of an ancient tradition.

 

‘Theopoeisis’ A New Innocence! An icon of ritual intent, follows #105[93] consecrated at the 1985 Easter Vigil for that church with spiritual root in Cuernavaca drawings (and Mexico City earthquake!) that leads, 7 paintings of the same theme and 15 years later, to this image- A consideration of the possibility, the ‘indwelling’ of the Holy Spirit- The Holy Land within. Thus, the pilgrim way of the Holy Lander!
Who Told You You Were Naked? (Detail)
‘Theopoeisis’ A New Innocence! An icon of ritual intent, follows #105[93] consecrated at the 1985 Easter Vigil for that church with spiritual root in Cuernavaca drawings (and Mexico City earthquake!) that leads, 7 paintings of the same theme and 15 years later, to this image- A consideration of the possibility, the ‘indwelling’ of the Holy Spirit- The Holy Land within. Thus, the pilgrim way of the Holy Lander!
Oil on Canvas 12’ x 8’ 1996-99. ‘Theopoeisis’ A New Innocence! An icon of ritual intent, follows #105[93] consecrated at the 1985 Easter Vigil for that church with spiritual root in Cuernavaca drawings (and Mexico City earthquake!) that leads, 7 paintings of the same theme and 15 years later, to this image- A consideration of the possibility, the ‘indwelling’ of the Holy Spirit- The Holy Land within. Thus, the pilgrim way of the Holy Lander!
Oil on Canvas 34” x 24” ‘96-’99
c. #175. Extra Agenda
c. #177. Extra Agenda
Oil on Panel