Scanned and uncut...

Backyard - T. Nelson, 2012

8 x 8 acrylic on canvas

This piece may turn out to be one in a series of illustrations for my Mrs. Rabbitowitz stories.  I dunno.

Making pictures

I've been wasting my time 'making pictures'.

A Christmas Card

Monastery Christmas - Terry Nelson,  2011

Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 8

I painted this last Christmas after a photo posted by the former Br. Stephen of the now disbanded Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of  Springbank, Wisconsin.  It features the hog's head prepped for their final Christmas feast, 2010.

The Holy Face

The Holy Face - T. Nelson

The corrections are finished - I wonder if anyone will notice?

"Blognic in an Egg" - T. Nelson

"Blognic in an Egg" after the Bosch Concert in an Egg: the Lille copy.
Terrance J. Nelson, 2011
Acrylic on convas.  18 x 24

Presented is my copy after the Hieronymous Bosch "Concert in an Egg" - in homage to the Lille copy. I retitled the composition, "Blognic in an Egg", featuring a selection of American parochial bloggers, complimented by an assortment of attributes and symbols forming a sort of commentary on the phenomenon that is the Catholic blogosphere.

Once again, my apologies for the poor photography. The panel still needs to be varnished, and then perhaps, I can provide a clearer, crisper image.  The copy shown offers a good preview nevertheless.

As I mentioned, I used an assortment of medieval symbols as a commentary on the 'new media' as it is celebrated and extolled today - the curious may have fun trying to decifer my narrative. 

Sacred Heart of Jesus after Pompeo Batoni

Sacred Heart of Jesus after Pompeo Batoni, Terry Nelson, 2011

Acrylic on panel.  11 x 14

I worked on this painting very slowly, spending only an hour or two a day, a few days a week.  I didn't want to finish it.  I still have a few more glazes to apply and blend.  The painting is for a large, tabernacle type, retablo frame.

New frame filler.

This is the base drawing for the Sacred Heart image I want to paint - sort of a Spanish rendition of the Pompeo Batoni image I like so much.  This is how I paint:  I do a quick sketch or cartoon to guide me and then paint.
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The panel is made to fit a Mexican tin nicho frame I have.  - if it turns out, that is.