THE BODY BROKEN
Annunciation (Detail)
“Body Broken” (Corpo Spezzato) was a touring exhibition of large figurative pieces created to commemorate great saints or witnesses of the Christian tradition––figures like Perpetua, St. Christopher, St. Katherine of Egypt, as well as modern martyrs like Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I attempted in this series to articulate an elegiac sense of time and space and color––with a view to expressing something of the ineffable quality of lives that are laid down voluntarily as a witness to deep religious conviction. Beyond this, I was also trying to communicate the light and color and texture of my many sojourns in Italy, in particular Umbria and the beautiful hills and architecture of Orvieto.
“Body Broken” (Corpo Spezzato) was a touring exhibition of large figurative pieces created to commemorate great saints or witnesses of the Christian tradition––figures like Perpetua, St. Christopher, St. Katherine of Egypt, as well as modern martyrs like Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I attempted in this series to articulate an elegiac sense of time and space and color––with a view to expressing something of the ineffable quality of lives that are laid down voluntarily as a witness to deep religious conviction. Beyond this, I was also trying to communicate the light and color and texture of my many sojourns in Italy, in particular Umbria and the beautiful hills and architecture of Orvieto.
“Body Broken” (Corpo Spezzato) was a touring exhibition of large figurative pieces created to commemorate great saints or witnesses of the Christian tradition––figures like Perpetua, St. Christopher, St. Katherine of Egypt, as well as modern martyrs like Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I attempted in this series to articulate an elegiac sense of time and space and color––with a view to expressing something of the ineffable quality of lives that are laid down voluntarily as a witness to deep religious conviction. Beyond this, I was also trying to communicate the light and color and texture of my many sojourns in Italy, in particular Umbria and the beautiful hills and architecture of Orvieto.

Eucharist
2003, oil on wood with gold and silver leaf; triptych, 72″ x 144″,
available
2003, oil on wood with gold and silver leaf; triptych, 72″ x 144″,
available