STATION OF THE CROSS # 7 Print

AVAILABLE ONLY IN PRINT FORMAT This mixed media artwork is from a series of fourteen stretched canvases entitled, THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS. All of the originals are from The Permanent Collection at THE PHILADELPHIA EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL, which is located next to the campuses of Drexel University and The University of Pennsylvania (38th and Ludlow Streets, just north of Chestnut Street). These originals are not for sale, however prints of them are available through Saatchi On Line. The Dean of the Cathedral, The Rt. Rev. Judith Sullivan, and her clergy and staff sponsor a number of programs to help the local community; moreover, all of the artist’s proceeds from the sales of these prints will support the Episcopal Cathedral Weekly Food Bank, which helps to feed fifty local families. WHAT ARE THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS? These fourteen artworks act as Lenten meditation tools, which depict scenes from the final hours of Christ. They are executed as wall reliefs in plaster or wood, paintings, or sculptures. Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, and Anglican Catholic churches display them all year on their left and right walls. My STATIONS are mixed media wall assemblages executed on stretched, primed canvases. They incorporate many items from nature including bones, seeds, rose stems, mammal skulls, and glazed sugar. No animals were harmed to obtain the bones, which were all found in nature. My works also include castings of objects that I created and photographic images I chanced upon on the streets or in trash dumpsters. Some of these photos were altered by hand or digital means. I also used original photos taken by myself. Station number SEVEN is entitled, CHRIST FALLS FOR THE SECOND TIME. This wall assemblage was executed in mixed media on stretched canvas. Christ collapses a second time under the weight of His cross. I decided to represent His three falls through the concept of a rose, a flower with a long history of symbolism in art and folklore. To the Ancient Romans, the Rose symbolized Venus, the Goddess of Love. To the Early Christians, the red rose represented martyrdom. Two polymer treated silk roses, representing one for each fall, were sewn onto the canvas with gold thread. I positioned the buds at the canvas bottom. Pouring out from the the opening rose buds is a fine sprinkling of golden dust, which represents the celestial tears of angels, as well as the life essence of Jesus. Behind the two roses is a rectangular area covered with copper leaf to symbolize the Temple veil, which mysteriously rips in half at the moment Christ dies. I used copper to represent the connection of Divine Energy from the earth flowing into the entire universe. Copper is a conductive element. In ancient times, copper was also associated with healing and love, two aspects of Christ. I added texture to the canvas via a crimson, decorative French sugar used in baking. This was then treated with plastics and resins to stabilize the sugar. One reason this use of sugar evokes the metaphysical sweetness of Christ's blood. I also used this material to impart an overall stained glass aura to the work. My other materials included acrylic gel, acrylic paint, fixatives, copper leaf, silk, plastic, thread, mica, titanium dioxide, gold dust, and canvas stretched over wood.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:6 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:11.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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