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  • Mary Magdalene April 29, 2022
    Dear Fellow Iconographers: The next icon class that I teach online we are painting an Icon of Mary Magdalene.  In order to make an accurate copy of the prototype, I am researching the relatively scant information available about her and want to share some of that with you here. Mary Magdalene The questions to ask … Continue reading Mary Magdalene
    Michael Hales
  • Preparing For Easter March 31, 2022
    “Come then, let us run with him as he presses on to his passion. Let us imitate those who have gone out to meet him, not scattering olive branches or palms in his path, but spreading ourselves before him as best we can, with humility of soul and upright purpose. So may we welcome the … Continue reading Preparing For Easter
    Michael Hales
  • Andrei Rublev February 28, 2022
    Born in the 1360’s in Moscow , Andrei Rublev is widely considered the one of the greatest painters of Russian Orthodox Icons.  For a large part of his life he lived in the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra near Moscow and his spiritual teacher was St. Sergius of Radonezh. He was able to express the spiritual ideals … Continue reading Andrei Rublev
    Michael Hales
  • Inverse Perspective January 31, 2022
    I recently gave an online Icon writing retreat where one of the main topics covered was inverse perspective. This highly important topic isn’t often covered in icon writing classes, so there was a lot of research involved. Inverse perspective is one of the compositional elements that cause an Icon to differ from a religious painting. … Continue reading Inver […]
    Michael Hales
  • Icons For Our Time December 30, 2021
    As I view FB posts and blogs about contemporary Icons there is a lot of talk about what is a “real” icon. There are as many different viewpoints as there are people! I think we all agree that icons cannot be relevant to only one denomination of Christianity . Nor can they stay stagnant in … Continue reading Icons For Our Time
    Michael Hales
  • Miracle Working Icons November 30, 2021
    During these uncertain times, I’m drawn to thinking of how to address current issues like the covid epidemic, disunity, lack of brotherly love within the context of icon writing. How can icons be miracle working? The grace of God determines what can bestow His miracles, but are there ways we can support miracle working icons … Continue reading Miracle Workin […]
    Michael Hales
  • Saint John October 30, 2021
    “O dear Disciple, you reclined on the breast of Christ at the supper of the Lord and drew ineffable mysteries from it which you were allowed to reveal. Your heavenly voice thundered out to all, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” He is Christ our God, the Saviour of our … Continue reading Saint John
    Michael Hales
  • Icons as Symbols September 30, 2021
    In thinking about the differences between religious art and icons- the subject of one of iconographer Betsy Porter’s online discussions, I came up with the following ideas that I hope will be helpful to iconographers and artists alike. One of the key differences between religious art and icons is the very nature of the  symbolic … Continue reading Icons as S […]
    Michael Hales
  • Icons as Service August 31, 2021
    Although our inspiration for painting icons comes from early Christian icons, many iconographers today realize that in order for our icons to have a connection to our modern world, we need to understand that icon painting is still a living and developing art form. If we widen our perspective to look at Christian art as … Continue reading Icons as Service
    Michael Hales
  • Gilding July 26, 2021
    Greetings: This month we have an article contributed By Olga Iaroslavtseva on a form of gilding that she recommends. There are many ways to gild our icons and it’s helpful to be aware of each one until an iconographer finds the way that works best for them. Thank you so much for contributing your time … Continue reading Gilding
    Michael Hales

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