Mary, Mother of Jesus, in Old Age
This icon imagines Mary late in life. Without much tradition to go on, I imagined her as an ordinary woman of extraordinary faith. “Remember me,” Jesus said, and she has kept the fire of her truth alive, symbolically holding the sacramental bread and wine. The cruet on the table is meant to hold water, for purity of intention.
This icon imagines Mary late in life. Without much tradition to go on, I imagined her as an ordinary woman of extraordinary faith. “Remember me,” Jesus said, and she has kept the fire of her truth alive, symbolically holding the sacramental bread and wine. The cruet on the table is meant to hold water, for purity of intention.
This icon imagines Mary late in life. Without much tradition to go on, I imagined her as an ordinary woman of extraordinary faith. “Remember me,” Jesus said, and she has kept the fire of her truth alive, symbolically holding the sacramental bread and wine. The cruet on the table is meant to hold water, for purity of intention.
Icon is 12.5 in.x9.5 in. Egg tempera and gold leaf on linden wood with oak braces.