Friday, February 3, 2012















MONOLITHS
 And Retableau



Reverend Stephen Frost PhD

Each painted image here is from 7 to 12 feet high, 5 to 6 feet wide.

Imagine two sided presentations of these paintings in  

MONOLITHS OF CAST GLASS 

12 feet to 15 feet high, at least one foot thick.

Or,

if the tall, cast glass monolith prove not feasible, imagine 
these larger-than-life paintings hung between several, tall, sealed, bullet-proof slabs of glass. 

These set in a park or garden and bound around the edge by a band of stainless steel or brushed aluminum, then, suspended in a steel or aluminum frame.
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Each sculpture here also is waiting for completion with a long planned environment of cast glass or resin.

For the sculpture of Alexander in Siwa, I imagine this head and upper body in one of the fathomless artesian wells of the Oasis of Siwa in the Sahara desert- a representation of such in cast glass.

For the sculptures of St. Francis, and the Theotokos:  Masks, gloves, and halos of glass back and embellish the form.







[96.] Blessed Mother
Oil on Canvas 8' x 6' 1996-99.
Mater Dolorosa, Nuestra Senora...
Mother of the World




[94.+] A NEW INNOCENCE

Oil on Canvas 8' x 6' 1996-99

A naked figure here becomes a discreet symbol for discovering 'the new innocence-' (Theopoeisis)- Clothing being the symbol of the Fall in the Garden of Eden.



RETABLEAU


[155.] Alexander at Siwa

Alexander the Great at the Oasis of Siwa where he was declared a ‘son of God.’.


... imagine this head and upper body in one of the fathomless artesian wells of the Oasis of Siwa in the Sahara desert- a representation of head and upper torso in water- cast glass
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St. Francis-  Cast Concrete  Life-Size





Each sculpture here also is waiting for completion with a long planned environment of cast glass or resin.
For the sculptures of St. Francis and the Theotokos: Masks, gloves, and large halos of glass backing, incorporating the sculptures.



Theotokos (Mother of God)
Cast Concrete 
Life-size





Large Horizontal Monolith


[50.] Fence
Mixed Media 25 ft. X 10 ft.
The psyche of Nature: The ‘Great Old Man’ on the Fence- between worlds- Nature/psyche as a medium between realities...

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Small 'Monolith' to be Given a Skin of Cast Glass





[51.] Deer Window
Front and  Back- Mixed Media 5' x 4' 1988


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Large Free-standing Cast in Glass 15-20 feet Vertical


[158.] ECSTASIS
7’8” X 3’ 7” -Acrylic on Canvas- (2007) 2009. From The Barren Womb of Celibacy Comes Impossible Goodness- That's the theory from the Old Testament through Christian ideals- and sometimes, maybe most of the time, it works in practice.


[95.] REALIZATION- "Road to Emmaus"
Oil on Canvas 8' x 6' 1996-99
Right wing of SSU Newman mural triptych,
'A profound realization of divine presence...'








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