An Introduction to Ernst Fuchs

Daniel Mirante

Ernst Fuchs was an extraordinarily talented and multifaceted Austrian artist born on February 13, 1930. He was a master of several mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture, and he also ventured into architecture, stage designing, poetry, and singing. Fuchs was a pivotal figure in the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, a movement he co-founded. His legacy places him as one of the pivotal founders of contemporary visionary art and one of the great preservers and reinvigorators of the timeless legacy of sacred art.

Added on September 9, 2023

Igor Volos Interview

Daniel Mirante

Igor Volos stands as a bridge between the past and the present. His artworks embody a deep reverence for the traditional forms and artistic techniques of various cultures, while infusing them with his own unique vision and contemporary interpretation, inviting viewers to contemplate the intertwining threads of history, culture, and the ever-evolving nature of artistic expression.

Added on June 21, 2023

Tags: contemporary, fine art, lineage, painting, shamanism, symbolism, tradition

Red K Elders Interview

Daniel Mirante

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Added on June 20, 2023

Tags: Hellenism, Hellenistic, Pagan, Paganism, theurgy

Kuba Ambrose – An Interview (2022)

Daniel Mirante

The paintings of Kuba Ambrose explore the timeless and ongoing relationship between humankind and the Creator. We are very grateful to Kuba Ambrose for taking time from his paintings to participate in an interview about his thoughts on art, history and prayer.

Added on October 20, 2022

The Art of Summer Gillett

Daniel Mirante

Summer Gillett is an Australian artist practicing in Northern Rivers, New South Wales Australia. Her work is strikingly beautiful and resonates with aesthetic sensibilities that are pre-modern and to a certain extent traditional, but not provincial – imbued with an esoteric dimension that reflects on contemporary spiritual concerns about the role of the priestess figure or oracle in the contemporary world.

Added on August 14, 2022

Tags: painting, summer gillett, symbolism

The Kafno Ikon – An Exploration

Tanya Maria Semaan

Biblical and Historical Explanation for the First Original Monumental KAFNO Icon painted by Tanya Maria Semaan who generously provided this exegesis of the Ikon.

Added on June 7, 2022

Tags: christian, historical painting, ikon

Moses and the Burning Bush by Rick Jacobi

Daniel Mirante

Contemporary painter Rick Jacobi describes the coming about of the biblical symbolism ‘Moses and the Burning Bush’ painting

Added on May 27, 2022

Tags: bible, ikon, talmud

Peresvet, Oslyabya, Divine Gloom

Oleg Korolev

The key to understanding the symbolism of the painting’s composition is found in the interpretations of the “Mystical Theology” of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite. As you maybe aware, the most Luminous Darkness, of the Divine Gloom is a theological term from the Orthodox Apophatic theology, which is based on the” negative” way of perception on it’s way of the search for the Ultimate truth through the denial of everything that which is not It.

Added on January 23, 2021

Tags: christian, contemporary, Oleg Korolev, orthodox

An Interview with Pablo Amaringo

Howard Charing

The late Pablo Amaringo trained as a curandero in the Amazon, healing himself and others from the age of ten, but gave this up in 1977 to become a full-time painter and art teacher at his Usko-Ayar school. Pablo left us this November 2009, and this interview is posted in homage to this great Artist and great Man.

Added on October 24, 2020

Tags: amazon, ayahuasca, pablo amaringo, usko ayar

Flowing Light – The Art of A. Andrew Gonzalez

Daniel Mirante

A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, has been depicting the human form “as temple and vessel sublimed by transformative forces” for over 15 years. Empowered by an artistic mission to “transform the collective imagination”,

Added on October 19, 2020

Tags: airbrush, andrew gonzalez, angel, sophia

Interview with Brigid Marlin for the “Science and Religion” magazine

Oleg Korolev

Interview with Brigid Marlin for the “Science and Religion” magazine; Moscow, Russiaby by Oleg Korolev, and prepared by Dmitry Zhukov.

Added on May 23, 2020

Ana Suromai by Amanda Sage

Carrie Ann Baade

On a rainy night in downtown Los Angles, I was invited to the studio of Amanda Sage. Amanda pulls something out that had been tucked away. Unrolling the large linen surface, there was something quite unlike any of her other spiritual, psychedelic work

Added on November 2, 2019