Commission an icon

 Artistic creations of Chris, to commission an icon, and other strict figures and images enhance the dividers and stone coffins in Christian sepulchers tracing all the way back to the primary century.

 

●     Symbols Show us the Essence of God

 

"Already God, who has neither a body nor a face, totally couldn't be addressed by a picture. In any case, since he has made himself apparent in the tissue and has lived with men, I can picture what I have seen of God . . . furthermore, think about the wonder of the Ruler, his face disclosed." (CCC 1159, citing St. John Damascene) "Israel of old didn't see God, however we see the Ruler's greatness up close and personal." (On Sacred Pictures, St. John Damascene)

 

●     To  commission an icon Affirms that Matter is Acceptable

 

"Try not to disregard matters! It's anything but without honor. In vain that comes from God is without honor." (On Heavenly Pictures, St. John Damascene) "Purple without help from anyone else is basic, as is silk and the shroud which is made of both. In any case, if the ruler put it on, the shroud gets honor from the honor because of the wearer. So it is an issue.

Our iconographers are settings new points of real peace

The attraction for beauty is since immemorial times and it will be as usual in coming times. An iconographer dig deep to realize all fellows about the real purpose of human life. It says that divine is the main beauty behind all tantrums and inventions in this world. The busy professionals, busy housewives and ambitious students don’t have time to go through our holy books. Burning bush icon show the attractiveness of god. They are our door to eternity. This icon of moses witness the coming of the messiah while delivering a message that how god transcends time.  

 

The simplicity of Saint Francis with dimensions: 10″ x 8″, Christ in Glory with dimensions: 36″ x 36″, Face Of Christ with dimensions: 10″ x 8″ in our living rooms or study rooms make us sincere to whatever we do. The uniformity at the time of making an icon spread same vibrations to those who own them for their homes and offices. Every individual realize from the bottom of his/her heart that accumulating wealth can never provide you happiness if you don’t possess blessings of divine power. Here, a lamb represents Christ and the dove is an image of the Holy spirit. An iconographer touch the emotions of every onlooker and make them mentally ready to take out 5 minutes for prayer disregard of any excuse.

 

Open your windows of eternity by these pieces of icon painting

Icon painting is following the eternal truth of our human fascination. We humans get attracted to beauty and it draws us to our inner consciousness. Earlier, a believe was dominating in the art world that only old artists love to make icons but now modern artists are turning ahead to become a iconographer. They have realized that the divine is the main beauty behind all tantrums and inventions in this world. It is an initiate that same realization to others by commissioning icons of saints and biblical text.

Burning bush icon show the attractiveness of god. They are our door to eternity. This icon of moses witness the coming of the messiah while delivering a message that how god transcends time.  icons are definitely windows onto a transfigured world. Christine hales has modelled holy trinity icons. It is approximately 24 x 18" and made using egg tempera and gold leaf gliding on wood panel. You can have this icon painting just at $20.

The pleasures of commissioning an icon

Commissioning an icon is an art with a sacred space in your heart. It is a move to brighten up many homes who are struggling over fulvous issues. When you commission an icon, you are creating something of great value that takes time, prayer, and dedication. The icons that are grounded in maintaining artistry, holiness and the integrity are best tools to speak to people of all Christian denominations. 

You may have thought that it is not possible for a contemporary artist to work in the wake of the great Byzantine masters. And yet, Simoneau Hales has proved this concept wrong b making her work consonant with our times. Holy Icons is an old style of making people believe in divine power and following the path of humanity with their teachings. This concept originated in the very early centuries of Christianity. Holy Face with dimensions: 12 x 14″, Creator of the Universe with dimensions: 8 x 10″, Saint George and the Dragon with dimensions: 8 x 10″ and Saint Camillus de Lellis  with dimensions: 9 x 12″ is an initiate to tell the story of the Gospel and old testament with the usage of visual symbolic language. Commissioning an icon is a spiritual method to show us the deep relationship with the God.

 

Icons for prayers: a sacred activity

In the chaos of desires and big fortune, the common man has forgotten the importance of divine power in its life. The artists of icons for prayers is presenting physical as well as spiritual experience. Any onlooker by utilizing his/her sense of smell, can open windows of eternity hidden in his personality. These icons serve as mediums of instruction for the uneducated faithful fellows. Imagine the effect of a screen shielding the altar and depicting scenes from the New Testament, church feasts, and popular saints.

 

The icons of Saint Luke with dimensions: 12″ x 9″, Transfiguration with dimensions: 24″ x 18″, Madonna with dimensions: 17″ x 11″ and Saint Joan with dimensions: 10″ x  8″ establish peaceful atmosphere surrounding you and you decide to pray wherever you are. The list of excuses and a new personality emerges instantly. The aim behind all kinds of incarnation is to express a saint or teaching mystically. No one can reproduce a saint or any incident from Old Testament. Icons for prayers have been part of orthodox spirituality for approximately 1500 years and there is no other smart technique to make others understand holiness within him/her.

Modern religious icons

Modern religious icons may from the start have all the earmarks of being unfamiliar to the advanced imaginative reasonableness, objects of a past time to be looked at in galleries. A long way from being fossilized, notwithstanding, this Christian reverential practice is being kept alive by numerous craftsmen who create these icons.

 

Maxwell Lawton's work, Man of Distresses—Christ with Helps, painted amidst the Guides emergency. The customary Man of Distresses topic portrays a despondent Christ, delegated with thistles and showing his injuries. Lawton's piece has Christ snared to an IV trickle and canvassed in malignancy wounds run of the mill of numerous Guides victims. Behind the scenes, Jesus' words from Matthew 25:40 are cited in three dialects: "The Lord will answer, 'really I advise you, whatever you accomplished for one of the least of these siblings of mine, you accomplished for me.'

 

Nikola Sarik owns some modern religious icons. His most notable piece to date is The Heavenly Saints of Libya, an accolade for the 21 Christians executed by ISIS in February 2015. The differentiation among antiquated and present day is striking; Christ, portrayed in a customary way, accepts the killed men wearing orange jumpsuits, while their covered captors remain behind them.

How modern religious icons touch your emotions

What Prophet Ezekiel said few years ago; is coming true in modern religions icons. Many senior artists may take it a foreign concept to the age old style of making icons. Prophet Ezekiel with dimensions: 24 x 18″, Archangel Michael with dimensions: 10 x 8″, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with dimensions: 18×14 1/2″ and Archangel Gabriel with dimensions: 9×7″ is a true effort from heart to keep alive traditional medium in new impressive style.

 

Christine Simoneau Hales is such artist who has succeeded in doing work appropriately to the Byzantine masters. so, and doing so brilliantly. Such sincerity to encourage the masses toward their religion has made her work consonant with our times. Madonna with dimensions: 17″ x 11″ and Saint Joan with dimensions: 10″ x 8″ is a seamless combination of ancient religious symbolism and contemporary imagery. The makers of modern religious icons believe in using that language or medium which the onlookers love to see.