In late spring of this year, I was commissioned by St. Mark Parish in Oro Valley, AZ, to paint a Holy Family in the Workshop of Saint Joseph for their new fellowship hall and daycare center on the property of their parish. This project has been part of a large capital campaign to create a building that will serve the needs of their growing Catholic families. Sadly, hours after the contract was signed for me to begin work on this commission, the pastor, Father John Arnold, passed away suddenly. Please keep him in your prayers. I had hoped to have the opportunity to meet him in person.
Over the entire month of September, through October 8, I painted this 48" x 60" panel of the Holy Family. My initial inspiration for the composition came from a stained-glass window in my parish, St. Stephen of Hungary. I've always appreciated the composition, but I wanted my version to look more like a family.
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