Crosses And Crucifixes for Home, School and Church

Mile Stones are gifts of inspiration.

Micro Mystery #8 Below

Marking mile stones in ones art career can be both an inspiration and a joy to an artist. In the last few weeks I realized it has almost been 10 years since I started painting a wide variety of crosses and crucifixes. When looking back I am amazed and how many I have created and sold. Many of them have been purchased by churches, schools and individuals for a variety of occasions and celebrations including baptism, confirmation, ordination, weddings and anniversaries. The Mustard Seed school in Hoboken NJ has a whole collection that they use through out the school year as they celebrate and worship together as a  Christian school community. One of the surprising developments in the cross series are the crosses I have made for children that were commissioned by an aunt, parent, grandparent or Godparent. These generally have a Biblical story illustrated in the center which often connects to their name or a certain characteristic of faith. I am thankful to the many people who have purchased a cross or crucifix and by doing so have encouraged me in my own life of faith. Below are a few of the many I have created over the years. I have more crosses available for purchase here on my website. If you want to take a look you can find them by clicking on Religious Art in the drop down menu and then click on crosses and crucifixes or click the word HERE

 

Wedding Cross     Joshua Cross    Peace Cross

 

The Risen Lamb Crosses

 

African Cross           African Crucifix – The Man of Sorrows      The Risen Christ Crucifix

A few of the crosses in the Mustard Seed School collection.

You can view all my crosses by clicking HERE

Micro Mystery #8

Below you will see a small portion of a piece of art work which is a clue to a larger masterpiece. If you know the work or the artist or both you can email me your answers by clicking here with the title and the name of the artist. Then if you know something interesting about the artist or the work you can enter it as a clue in the comment section below which can help others find out who the artist is and what the title of the work is. The name of the artist and the title of the work should not be included in the clue. This will help keep everyone in the game until I reveal the correct answers on Friday.  The names of those who emailed me with the correct artist name and the title will also be posted on Friday.  Good Luck to all who participate.

Hint: This Jewish painter also liked painting crucifixes.