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Portrait of Mary with Jesus and Joseph
Tom started
this painting with the permission of his graduating class. He met with the development
committee of Covington Catholic with the sketch he had prepared. After some
initial suggestions, he presented the final sketch. The committee suggested
that Joseph needed a beard and was supposed to look about 7 years older than
Mary. The background shows the old school building. Tom traveled to the Marianist
center in Dayton, Ohio to study the material in their Mary Library.
For about
a month he worked on the canvas. Painting the clothes was first and then the
background and finishing with the faces last. He waited until last to paint
Mary’s face. Tom used his nephew for Jesus and his wife for Mary. One of
the class of 1971’s father, who was in the first graduating class at Covington
Catholic in 1929, played the part of Joseph. Tom used his military photograph
for the painting.
This was a
traditional portrait for Tom. All the aspects of classical portrait painting
applied to this work. His intention was to replicate the masters. Religious
painting is very set in its ways and to rehash the past will display things
of the present. The result would be considered an improvement to the present
day culture.
By painting people without regard for their resemblance to a individual allows the artist to just express himself. During the formal portrait, the subject takes the foreground and plays off him creating a center effect that must be addressed.
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