Holy Family statue, repainted
Dec. 23rd, 2023 10:54 amThe tall one had acquired a Holy Family statue from somewhere. It had seen better days: the paint on it was peeling horribly; Mary and Jesus looked like they had terrible skin conditions, and Joseph looked even more beaten down than he often does. More than a year ago, I asked him if I could repaint it, and he said yes ... and then it took me more than a year to do it.
Putting aside issues of oppressive evangelization, I really love localized madonna-and-child representations--from Vietnam, Ethiopia, the Arctic, anywhere. Hell, that's what all of Renaissance art's depictions are: localizations to Europe. And to different eras. In that spirit, I painted a more melanated version of the Holy Family. Maybe they're from southern Asia. Maybe somewhere else, I don't know.
The statue also came with an electric lantern, but the wiring was fried, so![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
wakanomori got a solar lantern to replace it. In the photo you can just about see the light it casts. (... everybody is shiny because I coated the statue with something so it can resist the wear and tear of outdoor life, UV rays, all that...)
Putting aside issues of oppressive evangelization, I really love localized madonna-and-child representations--from Vietnam, Ethiopia, the Arctic, anywhere. Hell, that's what all of Renaissance art's depictions are: localizations to Europe. And to different eras. In that spirit, I painted a more melanated version of the Holy Family. Maybe they're from southern Asia. Maybe somewhere else, I don't know.
The statue also came with an electric lantern, but the wiring was fried, so
wakanomori got a solar lantern to replace it. In the photo you can just about see the light it casts. (... everybody is shiny because I coated the statue with something so it can resist the wear and tear of outdoor life, UV rays, all that...)
