Monastery Series

Three Shrines
In The Franciscan Monastery Church

     In the summer of 2003 Gerald King started a series of oil paintings of the interior of the Franciscan Monastery Memorial Church of Washington, D.C. As a creative artist, Mr. King has a desire to imbue his work with life. He found satisfaction in depicting some of the figurative wall reliefs and murals as if they existed on the floor of the church.   This was not a preconceived idea but rather an inspiration emanating out of the process of painting. Perhaps, as suggested by many, he was guided by the Holy Spirit. The result was a series of five paintings featuring the four transept isles of the church, and a separate painting of ‘The Chapel of the Blessed Virgin’.  The five works can be seen as the five crosses in the Franciscan Order’s seal of the Custody of the Holy Land.

    In this first painting in the series, the artist concentrates upon three shrines- the Transfiguration, the Holy Sepulchre, and the Stone of Anointing. It was in the sculptured cloud surrounding Christ ascending into heaven that the artist transforms solid sculptural mass into ethereal mist.  This was the beginning of a new artistic endeavor which brings to life the wonderful art found in the church and contemporizes awesome religious events.

            The Other Paintings in this Series which are available in prints:
                        #402  “Chapel of the Sacred Heart”
                        #403  “Chapel of Mt Calvary”
                        #404  “Chapel of the Holy Spirit”
                        #405   “Chapel of the Blessed Virgin

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