Vierge Marie | Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com Sacred Art in the Western Tradition Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:05:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com/wp-content/uploads/GTB-black-50x48.jpg Vierge Marie | Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com 32 32 Immaculate Heart Original Oil Painting Framed https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com/product/immaculate-heart-original-oil-painting Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:37:12 +0000 https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com/?post_type=product&p=16617 Sacred Heart.]]> Inspired by the apparitions to Sr. Lucy of Fatima, Immaculate Heart depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Heart “without sword or roses, but with a crown of thorns and flames.” The piercing thorns represent the continual “blasphemies and ingratitude” of men.

Smoke issues thurible-like from the Immaculate Heart. Smoke is a sure sign of fire, but it is not fire itself. Likewise, Mary’s Immaculate Heart is a perfect sign pointing to Christ’s Sacred Heart.

Read a brief artist’s statement about this painting and its companion piece, Sacred Heart.

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