St. Cuthbert with Otters
This is St. Cuthbert, the Wonderworker of Northumbria, Bishop of Lindesfarne, who lived 634-687 A.D. He was reclusive, and spent long periods alone on a tiny island, Inner Farne, growing a few grains. He spent long hours praying in the sea at night. Witnesses say that otters gathered to wipe his cold feet and blow their warm breath on them when he came ashore. I thought maybe the otters staying close by the monk as he prayed, and I made this painting depicting it. I am inspired by this man who was both tough and pious.
This oil painting is twenty-four by thirty inches and on gallery-wrapped canvas.
This is St. Cuthbert, the Wonderworker of Northumbria, Bishop of Lindesfarne, who lived 634-687 A.D. He was reclusive, and spent long periods alone on a tiny island, Inner Farne, growing a few grains. He spent long hours praying in the sea at night. Witnesses say that otters gathered to wipe his cold feet and blow their warm breath on them when he came ashore. I thought maybe the otters staying close by the monk as he prayed, and I made this painting depicting it. I am inspired by this man who was both tough and pious.
This oil painting is twenty-four by thirty inches and on gallery-wrapped canvas.
This is St. Cuthbert, the Wonderworker of Northumbria, Bishop of Lindesfarne, who lived 634-687 A.D. He was reclusive, and spent long periods alone on a tiny island, Inner Farne, growing a few grains. He spent long hours praying in the sea at night. Witnesses say that otters gathered to wipe his cold feet and blow their warm breath on them when he came ashore. I thought maybe the otters staying close by the monk as he prayed, and I made this painting depicting it. I am inspired by this man who was both tough and pious.
This oil painting is twenty-four by thirty inches and on gallery-wrapped canvas.