Romanesque Hand-Painted Icons
Romanesque Hand-Painted Icons of the Western Saints
These are the first seven icons in what will become an extensive collection of Western saints, executed in a medieval Western artistic style. Each icon is an original hand-painted work — available as a hand-painted original on a gessoed wood panel, or as a high-quality print reproduction.
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A Story Worth Telling
Everything we create tells a story and participates in the great story as it continues to unfold. The story being told through these icons is one that is very important to tell — especially in this time when so many of us who are Western are finding our way into the Orthodox Church.
Behind us there is a story, one in which has unfolded one of the great tragedies of history. But rather than seeing the story of the Western Church and Western culture as one defined solely by the sin of schism, we must be reminded that this break was not so clean as we might wish to imagine. In embracing the Romanesque, the story being told is one in which all hope was not lost — in which that glimmer of the Divine was not fully snuffed out — and one which finds its fulfillment and its telos in that we, who are the children of the schism, are returning home at long last.
The Romanesque Tradition
The Romanesque style flourished in Western Europe from roughly the 10th through 12th centuries — a period when the iconographic tradition of the undivided Church still breathed through Western sacred art. These icons are painted using egg tempera and 23kt gold leaf on handmade gessoed solid wood panels, following the methods and aesthetic sensibility of that era.
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Browse the current collection of available icons below. Each is made to order and ships within 3–4 weeks. Originals and high-quality prints are both available.
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Don't See Your Saint?
This collection is growing. If there is a Western saint you would like to see represented in this style who is not yet listed, reach out — I would love to hear from you.
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