Emmanuel, a short film I am completing

I have been working on a short film titled EMMANUEL for the last three months. It is about the Annunciation of the angel to The Blessed Virgin Mary.

To see this movie, CLICK HERE or click on the title to this post.

Solemnity of Mary

I had to post something in honor of the Great Mother of God on this, her feast day so I re-posted this painting I did of her: THE MORNING STAR

Feast of the Assumption of the Blesed Virgin Mary

One can get an idea of the grandeur or this great feast day of the Church when looking at such a great work of art as this sculpture by the the baroque architect/sculptor Equid Quirin Asam. This work is in the 17th centruy church of  the Benedictine Abbey of Braunau in Rohr, Germany. This, of course, could still be accomplished in our Sacred spaces if man would allow it. It's not about cost - look at the relatively new Our Lady of the Angels cathedral in Los Angeles which cost how many millions of dollars? My opinion is that this structure is dull and meaningless on all accounts-inside and out. It is the LACK of a  spiritual aesthetic for the sacred that renders it so. It's all about design.

Mary, the 'Morning Star', prepares for the New Day

With the coming of Aug.15 and the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Mother oF God, I thought I might post a painting of Her I just finished. I've taken the title 'Morning Star" (Stella Matutina) from the Litany of Loreto as the title for this work.

feast of the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

The first of January is dedicated (in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church) to Mary, the Mother of Christ. 

"Do whatever He tells you" she says in the Gospels.  Amen.  Happy New Year.

ALSO  I HAVE A NEW WORK FOR HARP click here to download. 

It is titled Impromptu 8.