There is an icon in the Orthodox church which depicts
Mary as the Burning Bush, the one who is filled with
the fire of God’s Spirit but not consumed. I am
an artist working in the tradition of the Western church,
and I am interested in exploring the nature of Mary
the woman; but my image of the Annunciation bears some
trace of the meaning of that icon. For I have depicted
Mary as a woman filled with the fire of the Spirit,
and indeed she is not consumed. But she responds to
this fire with fear and awe as well as with acceptance.
“For She is the Breadth of the Power of God”
– the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women.What woman could be more appropriate than Mary to depict
this theme?
