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Murals for the Burning Bush Chapel and Prothesis at St John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina

By Seraphim O'Keefe on May 29, 2020
Murals for the Burning Bush Chapel and Prothesis at St John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina

Introduction to the Project I have been commissioned to design and paint the wall iconography for the parish church of St. John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina. This beautiful temple is of Andrew Gould’s design. His OAJ article about it appears here. I intend to post updates on the iconography project occasionally. As […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged burning bush, fresco, frescoes, greenville, iconographer, iconography, liturgical art, mural, Orthodox Arts Journal, Prothesis, seraphim o'keefe, silicate, St John of the Ladder May 29, 2020

The Living Icon

By Anton Daineko on August 28, 2019
The Living Icon

Editor’s Note: This essay was originally written in Russian by master iconographer Anton Daineko of Minsk, Belarus. It beautifully explores the paradox of creativity within iconography from the very personal perspective of a lifelong practitioner. Anton and Ekaterina Daineko regularly teach icon-painting workshops in the USA, which are highly recommended. They have upcoming workshops in […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, contemporary, Daineko, fresco, iconography, modern, Orthodox, russian, Theory August 28, 2019

Towards a Great Pictorial Synthesis: Interview with Ioan Popa

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on April 16, 2018
Towards a Great Pictorial Synthesis: Interview with Ioan Popa

The following is an interview with Romanian master iconographer Ioan Popa. He’s one of the leading representatives of the contemporary icon revival in Romania, focusing in both panel and monumental fresco painting. Our conversation touches on his artistic development, aspects of the professional training of iconographers in Romania and the challenge of creative engagement with […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Architecture, creativity, fresco, iconographer, iconography, Icons, liturgical art, panel painting, Tradition April 17, 2018

Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

By Mary Lowell on July 7, 2017
Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

Conserve: To protect from loss or harm; to keep quantity and quality constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes. Restore: To bring back into existence or use; to return to an original condition. Close in definition, the differences when applied to art treasures can be catastrophic. Consider the botched effort to “restore” Elías […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Andreas Ritzos, Angelos Akotantos, Cleveland Museum of Art, Conservator, Cretan School, Crete, Dean Yoder, Elena Valentinovna King, Eleousa Theotokos, fresco, Helen Collis, Heraklion, Hieromonk Seraphim Oftalmopoulou, iconographer, iconography, Icons, Ksenia Pokrovsky, Mary Lowell, mount athos, Orthodox Church, Panagia Pantovasilissa, Pskov Art Museum, Raphina, St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church Lexington, St. Petersburg Academy of Art, Triglia July 9, 2017

The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy

By Aidan Hart on April 4, 2017
The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy

The Transfiguration Secco for Lancaster University Catholic Chaplaincy Early in March my assistant Martin Earle, myself, and a former student from the Diploma in Icon Painting that I teach, Fran Whiteside, completed a secco wall painting of the Transfiguration. It took us just twelve days compared to the twenty months we had just spent on […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, fresco, iconography, secco, transfiguration April 4, 2017

Delicate Fluidity: The Icons of Anton and Ekatarina Daineko

By Jonathan Pageau on July 7, 2016
Delicate Fluidity: The Icons of Anton and Ekatarina Daineko

Anton and Ekaterina Daineko are a married couple from Minsk, Belarus. Their work in panel icons and frescos stands out for its fluidity in drawing as well as its subtle use of color and highlight. As they are giving some master classes in Vermont this year, I thought it would be a good opportunity to […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Belarus, Daineko, fresco, iconography June 5, 2017

Hope and Fragility: An Interview With Neo Coptic Iconographer Stéphane René

By Jonathan Pageau on September 7, 2015
Hope and Fragility: An Interview With Neo Coptic Iconographer Stéphane René

The Coptic tradition of iconography is one of which we know very little about in the West. So many of the ancient monuments were destroyed or came to disrepair as Copts in Egypt were subject to Islamic rule in the 7th century.  It is only recently that the old monuments are being rediscovered, cleaned and restored properly. […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, News, Theory | Tagged Coptic, egypt, fresco, iconography, isaac fanous, modernism, neo coptic, stephane rene June 5, 2017

The New Romanian Masters: Innovative Iconography in the Matrix of Tradition

By Jonathan Pageau on March 18, 2015
The New Romanian Masters:  Innovative Iconography in the Matrix of Tradition

(Editor’s note.  For some time now we’ve wanted to find a way to present the burgeoning iconography which is currently happening in Romania. And so after a bit of searching, this article introducing the new school of iconography was written especially for OAJ by Mother Atanasia (Văetişi) of the Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest in collaboration with my own parish priest Fr. […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Theory | Tagged fresco, iconography, Icons, Orthodox, romania, romanian June 5, 2017

Georgian Master Iconographer: Amiran Goglidze

By Jonathan Pageau on December 16, 2014
Georgian Master Iconographer:  Amiran Goglidze

Like many of the first generation to rediscover the icon in the 20th century, Amiran Goglidze learned iconography by restoring churches. He finished art school (painting college of I. Nikoladze) in 1971, but then also continued to study restoration and conservation of monumental art (Tbilisi State Academy of Painting) from 1971-1977.  He was brought very close […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged archeiropoieta, fresco, georgia, georgian, Goglidze, iconography, Kirill, Tbilisi, vatican June 5, 2017

ARCHIMANDRITE ZENON (THEODOR): His Life and Work

By Aidan Hart on November 6, 2014
ARCHIMANDRITE ZENON (THEODOR): His Life and Work

I am not given to adulation: it places too heavy a burden of expectation on the unfortunate recipient, and often hinders the adorer. But I must confess I border on adulation for the works of the contemporary Russian iconographer and fresco painter, Archimandrite Zenon (Teodor) Every once in a while an iconographer appears who is […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, archimandrate Zenon, art, biography, father Zenon, fresco, Icon, iconographer, iconography, membrane, Russia, Zeno, Zenon, Zinon, Архимандрит З0инон June 5, 2017
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