Vintage 1990 OCD Carmelite Sister Blakemore Jesus Portrait Acrylic Art Painting

Description: Vintage 1990 OCD Carmelite Sister BlakemoreJesus Portrait Acrylic Art Painting a Vintage 1990 acrylic portrait art paintingof Jesus, painted by a unique OCD Carmelite nun,Sister Anne Marie of the Incarnation. She wasa cloistered nun of the Carmelite Monastery ofOur Lady and St. Therese in Carmel, California.Dated 8/13/90 (August 13, 1990). Sister Anne Marie BlakemoreAugust 20, 1929 - May 18, 2018Monterey, California Matted and framed, complete with personal noteto Arlene, signed and dated August 13, 1990. Sister Anne Marie (Ann Neville Blakemore),was born August 20, 1929 in New York.Her family moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1938. Quoted: "This work is an expression of beauty, and truebeauty is of God," she says. "Unfortunately, beauty hasbecome separated from religion, and is sometimes associatedwith evil. For me personally, beauty is the gateway into God.Maybe that's one of the messages my work tries to convey." "A drawing is a revelation," she explains in one statement."It is a small cosmos. Every line reveals a spatial relationship.Life is connected in this way. Nothing survives alone. The drawingis telling me this, and it comes from the heart. It is telling methe truth about myself, and about life...Through the open doorof this image I must pass, and I must travel there until I havediscovered the meaning of my journey." Sister received a BA in Fine Arts from theUniversity of Richmond in 1951. She studiedtwo years in Europe, one with Andre L'Hote in Paris,the second at the Chelsea School of Fine Arts in London.She returned to the USA and studied one year withHans Hofman in New York and in Provincetown. Sheexhibited in a group show in Provincetown. She movedto California in 1956 and exhibited two shows at theMuseum of Modern Art in San Francisco, winning a prizethe same year. Sister was received into the Catholic Churchin 1956 and entered the Carmelite Monastery on July 15, 1959and made it her solemn profession on July 16, 1965. In the monastery Sister served in many capacities: assistantnovice mistress, sacristan, maintenance sister, garden sister,House printer, designer and sewer of liturgical vestments, shewas a bee keeper and she loved to do pottery. She continuedher artwork and was a creative thinker and writer. A printed bio of this artist is included for your reference. Weighs 2 pounds 13 ounces. Measurements:FRAMED: 16 and 3/8" in width,19 and 1/2" in length, 3/4" in depth. EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION.Super clean. No damage.Matted and framed by Spanish Bay Galleriesof Pacific Grove, California. Info on back.Please magnify and view all photos.

Price: 5600 USD

Location: Archbald, Pennsylvania

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