In the summer of 2011 I returned to the Cathedral with the my friend and colleague Ned Reade.  By this time the rubble had been removed and we were able to paint from inside the Cathedral.  I spent much of my time sorting through the small piles of remaining debris and collecting discarded “treasures” of the stained glass windows.  It became a game to the local children, who sent me home with a pile of several pounds of glass.  I vowed to myself to honor these sacred shards somehow in a work that would be a worthy tribute to these precious and grieving Haitians. 

I embedded shards and crushed fragments of the Cathedral’s glass into the painting itself, praying over Haiti with what I might describe as a weeping hope.

2011 Watercolor on site- Bryn

The true “Church” was never a building.  It is God’s people, His Body, His Bride.  It cannot be destroyed by man, by natural disaster, or hell itself.  The Church in Haiti has a vibrant and zealous faith that puts to shame the  spiritual ruins of first world nations.

I will not attempt to tell you what these paintings are “all about”, as the best pieces of the work came through me and not from me.  I invite you into the conversation, eager to learn from what you discover, and offer some ingredients of the imagery as a start to the dialog...

2010 Watercolor 9x12”

2010 Oil 32x80”

2011 Oil 32x80”