Mystic Ark Print

My print, Mystic Ark, began to take shape after I discovered the Victorine's (10th-12th-century, French monastic order) work of the same name. The Victorine's version of the Mystic Ark was a pedagogical and memory tool some 10x5 feet that contained within it the major narrative, theologic, and philosophic aspects of their Judeo-Christian history. The Ark was writ large, presumably in a fresco, on their monastery wall so that they could stand in front of it and expound. Initially, I set out to produce a beautiful version of their ark as I could only find poor graphic design versions. As I began drawing onto my blocks following the Victorine's symbolic lead, my version of Mystic Ark slowly grew into a spiritual memoir. Once I identified this change I freely folded in everything in my life that has pointed me towards compassion and light from Sufi poetry to the plants in my yard. The work is from four blocks. Printed at Hair and Hound Press in San Antonio by Gary Nichols, the master. And many thanks to Janet.

Printmaking:Woodcut on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:41 W x 73 H x 0.5 D in

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