I make pictures out cut paper, with some details and special treatments added with acrylic paint and ink. In 2002 I converted to the Catholic faith and a few years later started making icons of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the saints, inspired mainly by the work of Byzantine mosaic artists whose pictures have adorned the walls of Eastern Orthdox churches for centuries. I also draw on themes and elements found in Orthodox panel icons and Western religious art of all sorts. My work is unique and innovative in may ways, yet very traditional in terms of the religious intent behind...more
