Mary Jane Miller and Valentin Gomez travel, teaching workshops in two languages, and welcome the public into their studio. Their compelling website is sanmiguelicons.com. or emailed at millericons@gmail.com..
Miller says icon creation’s intention is to ask, “Whose are we?”
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“Combining the physical painting and a life of prayer enables us to explore and enter into our relationship with God and His creation. The discipline…allows one to make contact with something deeper than what you’re painting. The faces of Byzantine icons reflect the somber, the challenged and the martyred,” she says.
“I find myself wondering, ‘What, besides spiritual awe, are icons trying to tell us about the highest and best experiences of our human condition?’ The answers lead us back to our faith and hope as spiritual people.”
Icon creators, she points out, believe beauty can save the planet.
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