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Happy Mother's Day from Down Under

13/5/2023

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Artwork created 13 May 2023.
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Vincent Cavanagh © 2023
"Koala Hug ~ Mother's Day (2023)"

​Vincent Cavanagh
~13 May 2023
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First Holy Martyrs of Rome

27/4/2023

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Artwork created 19–27 April 2023.
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A divinely-inspired, ​Roman mosaic–styled depiction of a few of the many different ways in which the early Christians were martyred in Rome, under the persecution of emperor Nero in AD 64.
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"Nero's Torches", Henry Siemiradzki, 1876
The top panel has much inspiration from the painting Nero’s Torches, by Henry Siemiradzki in 1876, showing both men and women being burnt alive after the Great Fire of Rome before the gaze of gathered the Roman elite.
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Illumination of St Andrew, East Anglian missal, c. 1320
Panel two is informed by an image of St Andrew’s crucifixion found within an East Anglian missal, circa 1320.

And the final panel illustrates the Roman capital punishment of damnatio ad bestias (condemnation to beast), or what is more commonly referred to as “being thrown to the lions.”

I freely admit that the Christians before said lions are heavily referenced
from Jean-Léon Gérôme’s The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer (1883).

The slowly circling beasts themselves are a synthesis of various depictions of lions found in extant Roman mosaic art.
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"The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer", Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1883
The memorial of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome is held on June 30th, the day after the celebration of the Feast of St Peter and St Paul.


Vincent Cavanagh
~ 27 Apr 2023
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St Peregrine Laziosi, O.S.M. (2023)

5/4/2023

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Sketched 30 Mar 2023.
Coloured and completed 5 Apr 2023.
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[UPDATED — 9 APRIL 2023]
The following text was written after the original post because I was too tired that night to write anything, and then I was caught up in the Paschal Triduum which further drained me of any capacity to string words together. Happy Easter.

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I think that I can safely pin-point the inspiration for this image of St Peregrine to mention of the Latin word “peregrinus” by our bishop in his homily during the mass after the first WYD formation day/session back in March. Peregrinus, meaning “foreigner” or “one from abroad”, is the route word for Pilgrim.

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A Forgotten Giant of NSW

29/3/2023

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Artwork created 29 Mar 2023.
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Vincent Cavanagh © 2023
Rather a heavily stylised drawing of a NSWGR D58 class, heavy goods steam locomotive.
None survived the cutter's blow-torch.

Vincent Cavanagh
~ 29 March 2023
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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

1/3/2023

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Artwork created 17–19 Feb 2023.
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The Servite Founders were seven rich men (possibly cloth merchants) of Florence, Italy, who all experienced the same vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the feast of the Assumption in 1233 and gave them this message:

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Vocations Director — DIVE! DIVE!

1/3/2023

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Artwork created 15 Feb 2023.
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Vincent Cavanagh © 2023
What I dearly hope not to be doing for the duration of my World Youth Day pilgrimage.
And, sadly, I don't think that I'll be alone in those sentiments.
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And With Your Spirit

18/5/2022

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So last fortnight I did something for the first time that I thought I would never do: I made a #MayThe4th cartoon, featuring Bishop Stumbers.
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'Bishop Stumbers, May The 4th' Vincent Cavanagh © 2022
Yeah, I don’t think there are that many Vulcans in Star Wars somehow. (Wry smile.)

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Year of St Joseph - Part 2

19/4/2021

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Continuing with St Joseph, here are the 2 most recent images that I have done. Both of them where created with Copic alcohol-markers and water-based pens, with pencil under drawings.
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"Most Chaste Heart of St Joseph." This one was made on the first Wednesday of March (2021), because every first Wednesday of the month is dedicated to St Joseph. This was an opportunity for me to do the Chaste Heart of St Joseph justice as I'd only previously done a very small version for CATHOLinktober, Day 19, "Chaste Heart of St Joseph". It was also a chance to try out some Bristol Pad paper that I'd bought earlier. 
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"Reunion." Showing the reunion of St Joseph with Jesus after the crucifixion and before the resurrection. This was painted in honour of the feast day of St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin (March 19), after having the haunting last few words from the poem Limbo by Sister Mary Ada running through my head that day.

Here are the last 2 stanzas from that poem:

And there He was
Splendid as the morning sun and fair
As only God is fair.
And they, confused with joy,
Knelt to adore
Seeing that he wore
Five crimson stars
He never had before.

No canticle at all was sung.
None toned a psalm, or raised a greeting song.
A silent man alone
Of all that throng
Found tongue --
Not any other.
Close to His heart
When the embrace was done,
Old Jospeh said,
"How is Your Mother,
How is Your Mother, Son?"



Until next time, God bless.
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religious images

31/7/2019

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As promised, here are the images of religious inspiration from the past few months:
The first one came together in Holy Week, just after the Lenten 40 Days for Life novena ended.  
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For this next one, my mother needed an image for an Instagram post, and described what was in her mind that would convey something of the relationship between sheep and the Good Shepherd.
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Did you know that Twitter is full of very witty people? Well there's a bishop on there who inspired this image. It seems that he can misplace mitres and croziers and other items, but he can always post a fresh meme.
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Said inspiration was heading off to Rome for an Ad Limina visit, and there was some very real concern that he might misplace something else. The feast of St Anthony of Padua, the patron Saint of finding lost objects, occurred around the same time. One thought led to another, and the thought of Frequent Loser points had the family in full blown mirth......
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Then doing an image for the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus somehow seemed appropriate, and a good test for my widened collection of Copic markers.
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There have been some new characters showing up in my sketchbook; a few of them may have graduated to finished artwork by next time. We'll see.
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some variety to enjoy

30/6/2019

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This first one came together from several drawings scattered throughout my sketch book. They were drawn in ink and then digitally coloured. Getting the right balance between the individual panels of insects interiorly and exteriorly took a lot longer than I expected it to take.
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This second one should need no introduction. There was something inside nagging at me to produce a 'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe' image, inspired by C.S.Lewis's classic story.
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For something completely different, these birds of paradise were painted from life, with acrylic on paper and without my own brushes. That's what happens when you go down to your local library and attend an art workshop you haven't attended before.  
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This last image, done with ink and Copic markers, was the result of finally getting some paper that the markers wouldn't bleed through, and going for a walk and seeing a most unusual tree.
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There are several religious images I've completed, but they can wait until next time.
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