"Beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come forth. Beauty also reveals God because, like Him, a work of beauty is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from selfishness" -Pope Benedict XVI

St. Luke is the Patron Saint of painters and my Patron Saint. It is reported that along with being a physician, he was also a gifted artist. His Gospel, being visually descriptive, has always been a great inspiration for artists. I dedicate my artwork and art business to Our Lady of Guadalupe. The image of Guadalupe is an image that was miraculously imprinted on the tilma of Juan Diego in the year 1531. The tilma was made of cactus fiber which has only a 30 year life span. But the timla and the image have remained intact and can still be viewed at Tepeyac Hill outside of Mexico City. I dedicate my art to the Blessed Virgin Mary under this title of Our Lady of Guadalupe because this is the only artwork I know of that we have that God himself painted. Click on this link to learn more.

Favorite Links

Pope John Paul II Letter to Arists
The G.K. Chesterton Society
The Vatican
Catholic Answers
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Favorite Quotes

“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.” -G.K. Chesterton

“Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination.” -G.K. Chesterton

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" -John 1:1

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." -G.K. Chesterton

"Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."  -G.K. Chesterton

“The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.” -G.K. Chesterton

“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.” -G.K. Chesterton

“How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.” -G.K. Chesterton

“The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.” -G.K. Chesterton

“Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.” -G.K. Chesterton

“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” -G.K. Chesterton