Virginia Wieringa Fine Art Feed: Entire Gallery

Lent

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:55:15 -0600

Lent (1 image)

Psalms of Ascent

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:18:56 -0700

Psalms of Ascent (8 images)

Personal work inspired by icons

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:21:34 -0600

Personal work inspired by icons (7 images)

These pieces are not traditional iconography, but inspired by what I learned in 'writing' traditional icons and my other art experiences. I've created my own images of religious figures, not actual icons.

SUN

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:22:00 -0600

SUN (19 images)

Music collages

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:28:01 -0600

Music collages (18 images)

Aerial landscapes

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:46:43 -0700

Aerial landscapes (7 images)

Other work for churches

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:52 -0700

Other work for churches (4 images)

Pentecost at COS

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:52 -0700

Pentecost at COS (2 images)

Small decorative work

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:29:30 -0700

Small decorative work (27 images)

Anastasis- Easter banner for Park Church

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:52 -0700

Anastasis- Easter banner for Park Church (3 images)

Landscapes

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:25:31 -0700

Landscapes (24 images)

Icons

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:29:06 -0600

Icons (15 images)

A person who ‘writes’ icons follows the tradition of iconographers of old and continues the semantic or symbolic language of long ago. Icons are painted with many layers of paint and prayer. It is a contemplative rather than a creative endeavor. Like my creative work, there is the opportunity to get lost in the visual process but this has a more obvious spiritual focus. These are all ‘by the hand of Virginia Wieringa’. Most of these are traditional icons, where patterns and designs are used exactly as they have been for many years. A few others are from designs I created reverently with a nod to the icon style but with a more modern interpretation. Icons are devotional images that have been used for centuries to remind people of faith of saints that have gone before. They have been called windows into heaven or sacred doorways into the Divine. They invite the viewer to be still. They are encounters with the timeless, the eternal and the Holy. An icon is not an object of worship, but an opportunity to join with the great cloud of witnesses that eternally worships God and to join our prayers and praises with theirs. They are not unlike snapshots that we have around our homes to remind us of loved ones.

Water

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:16:29 -0700

Water (10 images)

Water is a natural subject for an artist in Michigan. We are surrounded by water in many forms being the Great Lake State. Also we’re frequently surrounded by it in the forms of rain, fog, ice and snow! Water is also a spiritual element with many refere

Trees

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:16:29 -0700

Trees (22 images)

Small Square Landscapes

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:16:29 -0700

Small Square Landscapes (41 images)