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Posts Tagged ‘gospel’

A New Icon Composition: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler

By Katherine Sanders | October 9, 2015 | 15

This spring, I received an email from an American client which left me both intrigued and slightly anxious. Would I like to paint a new icon depicting Christ’s interaction with the Rich Young Ruler described in each of the Synoptic Gospels? Yes, of course! Most icons are commissioned, discussed and then go onto my waiting…

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