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The Guardian Angels, With Mary, The Girl
Oil on
Canvas
Statement:
They stand as a triad, like centurions, over the girl Mary,
who has not yet been called. They pray for and over her, and
they move in cadence with her every step. These women, an
angelic presence just for her, love this girl who will bring
forth the salvation of the world. A child still, she sits and
holds her lilies and looks out with eyes of innocence. Mary's
angels were with her before time began, they watched as
Gabriel visited and they silently wept when her child took his
last breath, and later when the woman was done with life they
rose in glory alongside her.
Bio:
Contemporary American artist Janet McKenzie has committed her
life and art to celebrating women's lives and gifts. Best
known for her "Jesus of the People," the controversial winner
of National Catholic Reporter's Jesus 2000 international
competition, McKenzie's work boldly confronts and confounds
stereotypical thinking with luminous and haunting imagery. Her
art was featured in book form in Holiness and the Feminine
Spirit — The Art of Janet McKenzie and The Way of the Cross —
The Path to New Life (written by Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB),
published by Orbis Books. Her art has been exhibited at the
Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee and the Loyola University
Museum of Art in Chicago, among other venues throughout the
country. Janet McKenzie was the 2013 William Belden Noble
Lecturer at the Memorial Church, Harvard University. |
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