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"Today, in the Catholic calendar, is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes : a celebration of the appearances in 1858 of the Immaculate Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous (now St Bernadette) in Lourdes, France . The grotto in which Our Lady shone during the visions, dispenses holy water - which has been known to miraculously heal the sick and disabled, who make pilgrimages there to this very day.
Whenever possible I like to pay tribute through my paintings on these special anniversaries, but due to other committments, I have been unable to fullfil this wish on this day....so instead I show a 'detail' (close-up) of the face and praying hands of my recent interpretation of another of the Blessed Virgin Mary's visitations - as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico in the 16th century. I will paint 'Our Lady of Lourdes' one day..."
From the Book of Proper Saints, 1982:
"Opening Prayer:
We celebrate the feast of Mary,
the sinless mother of God.
May her prayers help us
to rise above our human weakness."
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Queen of the Americas. 2008
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24in
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A new tribute painting of Saint Teresa of Calcutta by British expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley.
Born in Albania, Mother Teresa (1910-1997) answered an early calling to serve God, joining the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland in order to learn English , with the intention of becoming a missionary.
In 1946 on a train she felt she heard from Jesus, "Come be my Light...I cannot go alone" - and devoting her life to helping the poor, the homeless and the dying in India, she became the Mother to the Poor.
When she had taken her religious vows in 1931 she chose the name Teresa after Saint Teresa of Lisieux - and like many, including Saint Teresa of Lisieux , she had experienced throughout her life, a struggle with faith, even feeling separated from God - a darkness that troubled her and maybe drove her on with her good work.
She had opened her first hospice in 1952 and expressed her wish that a "a beautiful death is for people who lived like animals to die like angels - loved and wanted".
She was proclaimed a Saint in 2016 by Pope Francis ; two miracles of healing of cancer in 1998 and 2008 being attributed to her.
The artist - a Catholic convert since 2011 - created the tribute through the intensive research, photographic references and the prayers that generate all his work.
"Through darkness into light...humbly I hope my painting represents the eternal light that will forever be Mother Teresa's reward in heaven - and I pray for peace and any healing for all who view the image, faith or no faith" - Stephen B. Whatley, London, UK, April 2023.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta. 2023
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
A new tribute to the Holy Mother & Child by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley; created on Christmas Day 2021 : Light of The World - Holy Mother & Child of Kentucky, USA.
The artist has a deep affection for the USA, close to his heart and upset by the news of the tornado that hit the Kentucky on December 10th this year.
He was moved to hear that a statue of The Blessed Virgin Mary & Baby Jesus remained standing and preserved outside the badly damaged Resurrection Catholic Church in Dawson Springs, KT. This became a starting point of inspiration.
Stephen B. Whatley is a Catholic convert, a calling he felt through his spiritual search to survive early tragedy in his life; and his exhibition, "Paintings From Prayer" was staged at London's Westminster Cathedral in 2013.
The British London-based artist gets what he humbly feels a 'Divine Push' to paint tributes of faith, alongside his other work - a large body of which is on public display every day in the City of London, just outside the Tower of London - where his series of 30 paintings commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces, 20 years ago, vibrantly chart the history of The Tower.
As a permanent art exhibit reproduced throughout the walkway leading from Tower Hill Station they form a bright and colourful entrance to the Tower of London.
Blessings of Peace on this Feast of The Holy Family & Feast of Saint Stephen.
Light of The World: Holy Mother & Child of Kentucky. Christmas Day 2021.
Pastel on paper, 23.4 x 16.5in/59 x 42cm
German expressionism is one of my favourite movements of art. Here I am posing with a few of my books on the subject with the Otto Dix biography being highlighted. German expressionism was prevalent from the end of World War I until the early 1930s. With Hitler gaining power in January 1933, 'modern art' was endangered with many artists being arrested, fleeing the country or put in concentration camps as degenerates. A significant number of art works were either destroyed or ironically, confiscated by high ranking Nazis.
I find today that it is the Feast of The Holy Innocents, perhaps the youngest of martyrs......the day after selecting to pay tribute to the Divine Child Jesus (to whom I began a Novena on Christmas Day) by creating this pastel drawing- humbly I feel lead through prayers...life is full of discoveries & I pray it gives feelings of love and peace.
The image and history of the 20th century devotion originating in Columbia, that along with prayers, inspired it is in the book Illustrated Book of Jesus (William J Hirton & Co, 2011). The original statue portraying Infant Jesus dressed in pink, with arms outstretched to welcome all, dates from the 1940s…..Peace
~ Stephen B. Whatley, Catholic Artist, December 28, 2018
Novena to the Divine Child Jesus: www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/Novena_to_Divine_Child_J...
Divine Child Jesus. Christmas 2018 by Stephen B. Whatley
Pastel on paper; 16.5 x 11.5in/42 x 30cm
Painted on St Patrick's Day : "St Patrick's Cathedral" by British expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley. The oil painting was inspired by a series of drawings of the Cathedral made on location in New York City in 2015.
The artist has a great affection for the USA and painting on significant dates is a tradition often embroidered in his work.
Whatley's work is especially collected by Americans - who often discover his work showcased via his series of 30 paintings commissioned by the Tower of London in 2000; permanently reproduced throughout the walkway leading to the Tower from Tower Hill Station, London.
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30in/102 x 76cm
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