ECVA - Mary Jane Miller - Expectations and Epiphany

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Margaret Amada 1 2 3 · Sally Brower 1 2 · Alisa Clark 1 2 3 · Kay Vass Darling 1 · Elizabeth de Sherbinin 1 · Tobias Stanislas Haller 1 · Linda Witte Henke 1 · Joy Jennings 1 · Catherine D. Kerr 1 2 3 4 · Karen Loew 1 2 3 4 · Mary Jane Miller 1 2 3 · Jan Ramsey 1 · Zachary Roesemann 1 · Nancy Schofield 1 2 · Claudia Smith 1 2 3 · Kathy Thaden 1 · Jeanne Harris Weaver 1 2 3

Mary Jane Miller

I am the River

Artist Statement: How I have come to this work? Lurking in the iconography tradition, its history, and ancient message, my heart became enchanted with an awe of the unknown. Energy and spirit are ever present in creation, the challenge is in how to depict it. I can imagine visual fragments of the ancient Byzantine images that have floated in the world for centuries. Mother Earth is calling out to humanity. Her cry is for us to repent and be grateful for her abundance. The images were created with photoshop, and my paintings are superimposed onto photographs of places I have been. The image becomes an example of a dimension I can feel in my interior.

Bio: Mary Jane Miller is a self-taught Byzantine style iconographer living in Mexico. Born in N.Y 1954. Her collections are contemporary, with a proficient command of egg tempera for three decades. The work is extraordinary, exhibited in museums and churches in the United States and Mexico. Published books; In Light of Women, Life in Christ, Iconography Revealed, Meditation and Iconography, Embossing Metal, and The Mary Collection. She teaches 5-day workshops, INFO sacrediconretreat
www.millericons.com