Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. I used to try to force through days when one cannot seem to sit in front of the easel. Perhaps it is the better way but often, one escapes to word
St Sebastian - As Roman officer in the Pretorian Guard, he brought succor to captive christians until he also was denounced. Condemned and shot full of “barbs like a porcupine”, he continued to reproach the Emperors’s persecution of
The Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland — A devoted pastor who frequently lived amongst brush and bramble in order to minister to his persecuted flock. A life lived in conformity to Christ, which likewise ended in arrest, in trial and
What does it mean to be an artist? What deserves your attention, your effort, your care? For more, check out the latest piece on Substack: https://matthaeusconner.substack.com/
Letting colors bleed, intermix... work in progress +pax —————————— #catholicart#sacredart#workinprogressart#eggtempera#eggtemperapainting#workinprogressar#stbavo
Dear Friends, I have started a Substack. The venue will provide for studio updates, long form writing and keeping in touch without having to fight the noise. There are inaugural posts on a Defense of Naturalism in Sacred Art and The Senses of God
St Sebastian - blocking in and underpainting «Amavit eum Dominus, et ornavit eum. Stolam gloriæ induit eum.» +pax —————————— #catholicart#sacredart#workinprogressart#eggt
Mystery saints. Guess who? Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me. +pax —————————— #catholicart#sacredart#northernrenais
just drawing and still making pax+ —————————— original art and prints available on the studio website —————————— #catholicart#sa
just drawing, making tea and maquettes... +pax —————————— original art and prints available on the studio website —————————— #ca
"... the circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." ~ St Paul, wip pax + —————————— original art and prints avai
The return of old friends, old masters for Autumn (re)reading. What is on your nightstand? Any other ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช? +pax —————————— original art and prints available o
"And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." ~Jer. i: 6 At what point is one's silence complicity? Thank you Reverend Fathers; let us speak the truth. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach
A new print is available in the printshop, St Michael the Archangel. Ora pro nobis. +pax —————————— original art and prints available on the studio website ————&mda
O Lord, Who said: Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, grant us, we beseech You, so to follow the footsteps of blessed Theresa, the Virgin, in humility and simplicity of heart that we may obtain everla
Sancte Míchaël Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, * ut non pereámus in treméndo judício, allelúja. "Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle that we might not perish at the d
Sacerdotes tui induant iustitiam Et sancti tui exultent domine "Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice." Ps cxxxi,9 +pax —————————— original art and
"Monasteries are silent fingers raised to the sky, a stubborn reminder that there is another world." - Dom Gerard wip: St. Lawrence of Siponto +pax —————————— original art and pr
Praeparans montes in virtute tua, accinctus potentia:* qui conturbas profundum maris, sonum fluctuum ejus. Turbabuntur gentes et timebunt qui habitant terminos a signis tuis:* exitus matutini et vespere delectabis. -- Thou who preparest the mount
"It behoves [the Abbot] therefore to be learned in the divine law, that he may thence bring forth things new and old; ..." ~Rule of St. Benedict, lxiv New, a thin silverpoint stylus from @natural.pigments on stonepaper and old, our first s