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Patricia M. Friend
Angels -- A Celestial Visitation

August 25 - October 3, 2008

reception for the artist
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
5 to 7 pm

 

"An angel is defined as "a ministering spirit or divine messenger; and of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence." -- Oxford Dictionary 

The paintings in this exhibition of "Angels: A Celestial Visitation",  continue my ongoing search for beauty and truth, a personal vision  of love and purity in human form.  Influenced by Medieval and Renaissance Art, I am challenged to explore the possibilities and variations of angelic forms in modern terms. Through the pictorial tools of color. pattern, light and space, each painting gives birth on canvas to a unique  transformative experience for this artist, guided by the divine hand and an inner vision of these celestial beings. 

"The image of the Angel in art emerges from a creative interplay between traditional canons-----and the personal vision of the artist.....In the resonances created by this paradox, the Angel reveals itself." --- Peter Lamborn Wilson, Angels,   Thanes and Hudson , 1980 ,  p.28.

January 22 - March 4, 2009
Art and Text: Images, Concepts, and Insights
An exhibition curated by Teresia Bush for CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)

A Reception for the Artists will be held on January 29, 2009, 5:30 to 7:30pm

Art and Text has its framework in conceptual art or idea, a form of contemporary expression in which concepts or ideas take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns, where images may be reliant upon text—actual or implied. By emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between image and words, works will be diverse in nature, yet to the viewer, perceptibly united by the tangibility of faith.

March 16 - May 15, 2009
Artists-in-Residence, 2008-2009

Works by Kip Deeds, Sudhir Kumar Duppati, Robert Peppers, Karen Schiff, Ellen Weiner, Tim Holmes, James Quentin Young, Kathy Hettinga, and Catherine Kapikian.

Summer 2009
Land and Faith: An exhibition in memory of Trevor Bennett

November-December 2009
Contemporary Icons

Jan-March 2010
Peoples of the Book: Calligraphy in Three Traditions

April-May 2010
The Seminary Celebrates IV: Works by Students, Staff and Faculty

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