Icons, Landscapes, and Sacred Adventures

Where would you go,
what would you try,
if you knew God was with you?

Painting of St. Brendan the Navigator in which his monks have mistaken a whale for an island, until the whale awakens.
Saint Brendan and his fellow monks encounter an island of smiths, as they describe it. Molten rock flies through the air and lands near their boat. It is believed that this story depicts Iceland.
Theotokos: Our Lady of the Sign

Religious Icons, hand-painted with traditional egg tempera.

Theotokos: Hogetria
Theophany: Uganda
The Theotokos
St. Symeon of the Pskov Caves Monastery

Small pastoral paintings
in egg tempera.

This painting shows the trust that the oxen have as they are yoked together, bending their strength to the guidance of the herdsman. This is an analogy to our trust in Jesus as we "take his yoke upon us and learn from him."
Painting of an elderly man sitting on a rock in rustic clothing, holding a stick and a tin pail, with a colorful, radiant sky in the background.
A painting of a person herding sheep on a forest trail at dusk, with a full moon in the sky and tall trees lining the path. This depicts the verse "He shall lead his flock, like a shepherd."
An elderly man with a white beard and glasses wearing a brown hat, plaid shirt, and vest, holding a wooden stick, standing among a flock of sheep in a green field with trees in the background. He has found rest and peace among his sheep.