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Zachariah

By Justin JensenPosted on March 10, 2014Posted in FeaturedTagged Catholic artists, St. Thomas, painting, The Artist as John the Baptist, Mark Shea, Lewis, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, William Congdon, Catholic Insight, Colorado State University, New Evangelization, atelier, Peter Kreeft, C, Bl. Pope John-Paul II, S, January 2014, Blessed Virgin Mary, Justin Jensen, Cardinal Ratzinger, Zachariah, John Henry Newman, beauty, John the Baptist, Etienne Gilson, art

Our January artist, Justin Jensen, studied illustration at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. After graduation, he traveled through Europe and decided there was an amazing potential for beauty in art. He decided to continue studying painting at Colorado State University. He currently teaches online at RMCAD and is collaborating with a friend on[…]

Lessons from Picasso

By Carolynne EstisPosted on June 13, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged beauty, art, painting, Picasso, secularism1 Comment

I love art—particularly paintings. I love the way that paintings have their own language, where so much can be conveyed in a single image. Generally, I prefer classical works. I’m not big on modern works, and up until a few years ago, there were absolutely no modern artists in my favorites list. Then one day,[…]

Fall trees

By Anne-Marie DoylePosted on November 22, 2012Posted in FeaturedTagged pumpkin pie, CS Lewis, charcoal, The Great Divorce, oils, masters, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, painting, the Cross, purpose of art, beauty, sin, Anne-Marie Doyle, inspiration, Toronto, Lewis

Our November 2012 cover artist, Anne-Marie Doyle, lives in Toronto, selling pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice coffee and finishing her last semester of English Literature studies. She is slowly working toward fluency in the language of charcoal and oils, and hopes to spend a few years training with master painters (if she can sell enough[…]