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Our Lady of The Sacred Heart. 2018 by Stephen B. Whatley

Today, 15 August 2018, is the Solemnity of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary…….expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley shares this new tribute painting to Our Lady of The Sacred Heart, a Catholic devotion originating in 1857.

 

The Catholic artist has painted many devotions to Our Lady - including The Assumption; and this work of art was inspired by a calling from The Missionaries of The Sacred Heart in Southern California.

 

The work of Stephen B. Whatley is in collections worldwide & other public collections which own his work include the BBC, London Transport Museum, The Royal Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, The Institute of Marist Brothers, Canada and Westminster Cathedral - which staged his 2013 exhibition, Paintings From Prayer.

 

The artist's series of 30 paintings, commissioned by the Tower of London in 2000, is a permanent exhibit outside Tower Hill Station, London ; reproduced throughout Tower Hill Underpass, the main portal entrance to Her Majesty's Tower of London.

 

Our Lady of The Sacred Heart 2018 by Stephen B. Whatley

Oil on canvas

30 x 24in/76 x 61cm

www.stephenbwhatley.com

 

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