Thursday, August 23, 2012

Chrysostomos


2010
acrylic on wood
8 1/2" x 10 1/2"

I'm not sure how I decided to paint John Chrysostom other than that I had this wide gold frame that reminded me of a bar of gold. I wanted to make good use of it and in thinking about gold, I thought about the golden-mouthed orator, John. Sometimes the materials themselves can remind me of the spiritual. This painting is quite a bit closer to iconography than many of the paintings in this exhibit.
Posted by John R.P. Russell at 7:06 PM

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