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Daniel neculae iconographer5/27/2023 This is present every time I create, but uniquely here in the sacred work of iconography. Well, thats what I came up with this morning. Its time to move beyond tracing and copying. That relationship of the saint, me and the board is what its all about. It also includes the study or interpretation of these: - Lighting - Symbols of death - Props - Colours (red linking to danger) - Binary opposites ( a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning.) (life and death. I felt very solidly God’s help and the help of the saints (as I was constantly asking their help) as well as the prayers of my church family, and it was clearly something bigger than just me and my art, and that is really I think what makes iconography my favorite artform – the participation in the divine. I want to develop and improve as an iconographer, to move beyond copying and tracing, to drawing on the board and letting the saint develop in a more lively and immediate way. Iconography is the use of visual images and symbols in a work of art. It was also my first time applying gold leaf to canvas, and to do so vertically, on a ladder, behind the altar made it even more exciting. To add to that, I am not normally allowed behind the altar, so to spend the time back there when I was installing it, to be high on a ladder (I don’t love heights, tall as I may be) was memorable to say the least. The icon is 11 feet tall, and was primarily painted in my living room which is only 8 feet tall, so naturally it was quite a challenge. 89 followers More information Daniel Neculae Iconographer: GALLERY Find this Pin and more on Art by. John the Theologian 30/35cm, Private coll. It was my first time practicing marouflage, which is the technique of affixing paintings on canvas to the wall with paste. John the Forerunner 13/16cm, Private collection Egg tempera on gesso with gold leaf 24kt St. This particular icon was not only my largest work, but several other firsts. Interview with Daniel Neculae (Editor’s note: A few years ago we introduced our readers to the luscious work of Daniel Neculae, a Romanian iconographer now living in Luxembourg. These are icons that I see multiple times a week, and they are the faces that surround me as I enter into worship. Being asked to do the icons for my parish was a great honor, and also something very intimidating. Altar at St Raphael Orthodox Church in Fuquay Varina – my home parish.
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