Title: The Dancing Madonna
Medium: Oil paint and
metal leaf (composition gold and sterling silver) with Austrian
crystals on three hinged birch wood artisan panels.
Size: Center Panel
23.3” x 12”. Side Panels: 18 ¼” x
6”. Apx. total size when open 26" x 26"
Year: 1998
Image Inspiration:
Center Panel
This is a vision of Mary (the Madonna) as a joyful, vibrant,
fertile woman enjoying herself as she nurtures the ultimate
gift, life. She dances on a ball of silver light,
celebrating the early months of pregnancy. A baby and young
child swim and swirl in nurturing seas replenished by her
flowing breasts. The Madonna’s arms are raised and bathed
in a gold light that flows skyward to a trio of flying
bluebirds representing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Side Panels
Each side panel reveals palm trees on an island in a sea of
fish and flowers. One island has a single palm tree, the other
island has two. The trees are guardians or possibly the Holy
Trinity. The background is a deep purple and burgundy as if the
moon and stars transformed the darkness into glowing red light.
An abundant black floral motif spills from the Madonna’s
mantle into the surrounding waters.
Back Panel
The ex-voto folds to reveal a single red lily on each side
panel. The surface is textured metal leaf with a purple and red
undercoat.
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