A Carthusian Bishop

A Carthusian Bishop

“If you blur your eyes or view the painting from afar, the emblems disappear; what remains is the figure of a man wearing white robes against a blue-grey background, standing in warm light.” This is how sacred artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs sums up her new painting of...
Darkness & Blood: A New Pietà

Darkness & Blood: A New Pietà

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come.—Joel 2:31 The Prophecy of Joel After the descent of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost Sunday, when St. Peter preaches the Gospel for the first time, he...