Spiritual Exercises

Saint Stephen’s Gallery

Rome, Italy

2012

For Estelle
X-ray, gold leaf, light box

Turn (Metanoia)
Oil pastels, graphite, watercolor paper

Man of Sorrows
Acrylic paint, watercolor paper

Spiritual Exercises is a series of artwork based on the writings of St. Ignatius Loyola in 1522-24. Observational drawings, paintings, illuminated X-rays and a handmade journal inspired by daily contemplation and religious imagery in Roman churches, reliquaries, and catacombs. Charcoal, graphite, acrylic paint, oil pastel on paper, x-rays, lights, gold leaf, collages and ink drawings.

Bone Box
Ink, watercolor paper

Exercitia Spiritualia
Handmade journal, collage, ink, graphite, watercolor paint

Vertebrae
Acrylic paint, watercolor paper