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Anagoge: Iconography and the Ascent Towards Heaven

The process of icon painting is to reveal the process of transfiguration, from darkness to light. Icon painting is a form of prayer. Icons prepare us for communion with God. Iconography…

August 4, 2017 Icons, Reflections

The Spiritual Path of the Iconographer

Ask less of the teacher and look more into yourself. Iconography is a way of ascension. Icon writing is a journey, a return to paradise. Revelation cannot be taught or…

August 1, 2017 Icons, Reflections

Should Christians Create Christian Art?

Should there be a Separate Category for Christian Art? Or should Christians simply create art apart from any categorization? And why Christian Art often seems to be so bad. There…

December 17, 2014 Church History, Reflections

Just Paint Another Icon

On the Apologetic Nature of Iconography Why We Must Paint Another Icon Several weeks ago, a fellow iconographer exclaimed, “Have you heard about this black mass at Harvard? I cannot…

June 12, 2014 Apologetics, Reflections

I Never Wanted to be an Iconographer!

Or, ‘Be careful what you tell God NOT to do.’ Several years ago as I was finishing up my Bachelors degree in art, I was apprenticing with an iconographer from…

May 7, 2014 Reflections

10 Reasons Why You Should Take an Icon Painting Class

Why Learn to Paint Icons? Ten Reasons why you should take an Icon Painting Class Learning to paint icons has been life changing. Here are ten reasons why I think…

January 30, 2014 Classes and Workshops, Reflections