"Feeding the Poor in Spirit"
Spiritual Arts Foundation
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"Art means: revealing God in everything that exists"
– Hermann Hesse
This three ton, fifteen foot bronze honors the Archangel as a figure of beauty and power. Michael shields the observer with his body and massive wings as he stands, posed to protect all who call upon his defense.
This life-sized bronze depicts Christ's successor seated prominently on his throne with the keys to the kingdom of heaven firmly in his right hand while his gaze turns downward in a human gesture of humility.
This life sized bust of the beloved Pontiff depicts the blessed John Paul II in his traditional white skull cap and elbow length cape.
This three ton, fifteen foot bronze honors the Archangel as a figure of beauty and power. Michael shields the observer with his body and massive wings as he stands, posed to protect all who call upon his defense.
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Loura Parks Dobbs
Loura Parks Dobbs attended Boston University, the University of New Hampshire and the Skowhegan School of Art before settling at the Naguib School of Sculpture on the shores of Lake Michigan just outside of Chicago, beginning her education in the classic style of full figure human sculpture as protégé to world renowned artist and master sculptor Mustafa Naguib, where her work consisted of all aspects of steel armature construction, clay sculpture, mold making, casting and finishing.
Loura's recent works include commissions of St. Peter and St. Michael The Archangel for the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, in Lake Buena Vista Florida. Commissions for the Mennello Museum of American Art and The George C. Young United States Federal Building and Courthouse in Orlando, and a sculpture for The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
2702 - 8,000 sq. ft. ceiling in the International Headquarters for Trinity Broadcasting Network - Costa Mesa, California
Jesus returning on white Horse - Trinity Broadcasting Network Miami
Jesus stepping off cross overlooking the nations. Lobby wall in Benny Hinn's headquarters in Irving, Texas.
2702 - 8,000 sq. ft. ceiling in the International Headquarters for Trinity Broadcasting Network - Costa Mesa, California
Jane Davidian
Jane has painted for over 45 years. She has a broad range in her completed works, including over 300 commissioned portraits of individuals and families, landscapes, and architectural subjects. She has completed over 100 murals, studio sets, and stage backdrops for locations in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Denver, Nashville, Los Angeles, Rome, and Milan. In 1997 she completed an 8000 sq. ft. mural in Costa Mesa, California, which is located in the lobby of the world headquarters of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. She has been painting for TBN since 1976.
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St. Mary Catholic Church, Johnson City, Tennessee - "Resurrection" stone mosaic
Church of The Annunciation, Altamonte Springs, FL
Stained glass windows for St. Timothy Catholic Church, Lutz, Florida
St. Mary Catholic Church, Johnson City, Tennessee - "Resurrection" stone mosaic
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Jim Piercey
Jim Piercey graduated in 1968 from Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee, became a teacher of biology, chemistry, and physiology. After 10 years of teaching, he decided to change career paths and become an artist in leaded, stained and decorative art glass. During the 1980's, Jim studied with the German master glass designers, Johannes Schreiter and Ludwig Schaffrath. Jim still considers one of his greatest honors to be Schaffrath's assistant at a mosaic class taught at Pilchuck Glass School, in Washington.
J. Piercey Studios has completed over 500 commissions in art glass as well as glass and stone mosaics. Notable commissions include a stained glass entryway for the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, for which he received the INTERFAITH FORUM ON RELIGION, ART AND ARCHITECTURE'S, 2000 Religious Art Award; and, a mosaic installation, "The Weeping Lady" at THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, in Washington, D.C.