– St. Francis de Sales
Trinity Episcopal Church – Black and White Version
Excuse the terrible photo. I took this in my studio this morning when it was still dark. It’ll need a lot of cleaning up in Photoshop because I was too impatient to stop working, so I could bring it in to work to scan it. (The black and whites will become a coloring book later.) But I really wanted to start with the paint. It’s so much fun painting these little building portraits.
About St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622), known as the Gentle Saint, was bishop of Geneva. His motto was, “He who preaches with love preaches effectively,” and his religious texts, including Introduction to the Devout Life, have resonated with many non-Catholics. Pope Pius IX proclaimed him a patron saint of writers. Some consider him a patron saint of the deaf; he invented a form of sign language to teach a young deaf man how to communicate.
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