People think that Christian icon painting is the preserve of male painters and that only Orthodox Christians can create a good icon. But in Hong Kong Catholic diocese, a female icon painter, Cindy Ng ...

Some artists find inspiration in the beauty of a spectacular sunset or in the sweet smile of a child. Some, like Dhimitri Cika, find it in prayer and the Bible. The Albanian-born Cika, who specializes ...

Olga Volchkova paints traditional Russian religious icons with a twist. Eugene resident Olga Volchkova grew up in Russia, and attended the first school of traditional icon painting when it opened ...

Veronica Royal’s most challenging commission was a five-foot-high icon of the Baptism of Christ, which hangs in St. Michael’s Church in Annandale, Va. An octagonal building dedicated in 1960, St.

Aidan Hart has received commissions from all over the world and has had several from King Charles III. "You're praying with colour, like a musician gathers notes and makes a symphony." That is how ...

Religious icon painting is thriving in Serbia, as the Orthodox Church’s influence continues to increase in the wake of the collapse of communism. The art of iconography has seen a new revival in ...

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There is a new exhibit in NYC and it is a must-see if you are a fan of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter known for her brilliantly colored self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the ...

This week, Orthodox Christians mark the final days of Great Lent, a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer in preparation for Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, on May 5. Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks ...