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Sacred Art / Iconography / Holy Fathers

Icons, portraits of spiritual fathers and stages of the creative process. A gallery devoted to the face, gesture and light, from preparatory drawing and golden backgrounds to the framed work.

Painted portrait of a spiritual father with a white beard and black robes against a blue background.
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Collage showing the artist beside a portrait of a spiritual father with glasses and a white beard against an ochre background, and a close-up of his face.
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The artist painting an iconographic face with reference images beside her.

Iconographic Studies

Anita M. Frâncu
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Portrait of a spiritual father, framed and displayed on an easel.
The artist with the portrait in her studio.
A portrait in progress in the studio.
The artwork and the artist — two views.
Portrait of a spiritual father — the work in the studio and a detail of the face.
An iconographic study in the studio.
Working on the icon’s golden background.
Preparing an icon: golden background and drawing.
Detail of the golden surface.
Icon panels in preparation.
A moment in preparing the panel.
Preparatory drawing and light on the golden background.
Icons in the light of the studio.
Silhouette, halo and light.