ECVA - Jack Pachuta - Stories from the Road

Romanesque Nativity

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Artist Statement: This is my interpretation of a Romanesque altar frontal of the Nativity of our Lord. It’s a classic! The starry sky. Jesus looking up to the Father. Mary looking at her son and Joseph is just wondering. The animals are very cute. What are they thinking?

Bio: Jack Pachuta is a contemporary iconographer. His work is based on Russian icons, Romanesque frescoes, Bible Illuminations and his own imagination. His icons are displayed in Catholic, Orthodox, Episcopalian, Anglican, Lutheran and Bretheren in Christ churches. Jack is especially honored to have them in the Missionaries of Charity Motherhouse in Calcutta, the Curia Generalizia del Marianisti in Rome, St. Lukes Anglican Church in Ontario, Amigos de Jesus orphanage in Honduras, the Healing Garden Shrine at St. Augustine Church in Philadelphia and Catholic Seminaries in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Tens of thousands of prayer cards, made from his icons, have been distributed through prison ministry organizations and The Men of Melchezedek.