Ascending from the Mount of Olives
The Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (also known as the Tomb of the Virgin Mary) is a Christian church built around an ancient Jewish rock-cut tomb in the Kidron Valley at the foot of Mount of Olives, in East Jerusalem. The Church is believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of…
The Death of JFK Jr.
In July 1999, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., son of the assassinated 35th President of the United States, was killed in a plane crash off the south coast of Cape Cod. The private plane that JFK Jr. was piloting crashed into the ocean at night and in foggy conditions near the end of a flight from…
Duchese Madonna
This is another in a series of pieces I created depicting Mary, Mother of Jesus, as a young Jewish girl. The expression on her face reflects her innocence and quiet acceptance of God’s plan for her.
The Three Dervishes
This whimsical piece depicts myself and my two sisters madly engaged in cleaning my house. A dervish is a member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as…
Celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe
This piece focuses on the power of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Our Lady of Guadalupe (in Spanish, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is a Catholic reference to a series of five Marian apparitions that appeared to two Mexican peasants. These apparitions are believed to have occurred in December…