Pietà with Saints John and Mary Magdalen

by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortemChrist became obedient for us unto death—From the Gradual for Maundy Thursday, based on Philippians 2:8 On Monday of Passion Week Gwyneth began working on a commission for a Pietà with Saints John and Mary...

Darkness & Light: On the Importance of Drawing

by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light. —Lamentations 3:2, chanted in the Office of Tenebrae for Good Friday Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper, in an essay first published in 1952, writes that “man’s ability to see is in decline” because of...

Depicting a Sacrifice of Tears

by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog

Blood & Tears During the Offertory of the Mass, a little water is added to the wine. This ritual, attributed by most authorities to Our Lord, is interpreted variously. St. Cyprian writes that the water represents the faithful who are united indissolubly to Christ....

Painting a Holy Bishop for Our Day

by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog

[vc_images_carousel images=”407,408,409,410,406,405,404″ img_size=”full” slides_per_view=”3″ partial_view=”yes”] A Holy Bishop In 1508, twenty-seven years before being beheaded for proclaiming the indissolubility of...