Fika & Folk Art:: Scandinavian Saints

April 14, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

Good morning! I have some new little paintings to share with you today, in the spirit of “Fika and Folk Art”– a collection of Scandinavian saint mini-paintings! The paintings, shown above, include two paintings of St. Sunniva, two paintings of St. Olav, a painting of St. Thorlak of Iceland and a painting of St. Bridget […]

New Art: St. Zelie Martin

July 26, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Good morning, friends! I have a new piece to share with you that I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and after a few starts and stops– have finally finished! It’s a portrait of one of my favorite ‘modern’ saints, St. Zelie Martin. Perhaps best known as the mother of St. Therese of Lisieux, […]

St. Agnes Eve

January 20, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello there my friends, and welcome! Did you know that this evening is….St. Agnes Eve? Ah, well…it is! Tomorrow, January 21, is The Feast of St. Agnes, an early Christian Martyr from the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Legend holds that she was a beautiful young girl of about 12 or 13 years old who […]