I'm so glad you like it. The reason I did a sort of simple pasture background is because the Cardinal is from Wisconsin, and he is also a good shepherd - pastor.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings
Watchmen
And suddenly the truth came to me, as we stood there, trembling, searching, at our point of fulcrum. There were no watching eyes. The windows were as blank as they looked. The theatre was empty. It was not a theatre. They had told her it was a theatre, and she had believed them, and I had believed her. To bring us to this - not for themselves, but for us. I turned and looked at the windows, the facade, the pompous white pedimental figures. - John Fowles, The Magus
St. Sebastian
More 'about me'.
... My idea of what I am is falsified by my preoccupation about what I do. And my illusions about myself are bred by contagion from the illusions of other men. We all seek to emulate one anothers imagined greatness....If I do not know who I am, it is because I think I am the sort of person everyone around me wants me to be. I have asked myself whether I wanted to become what everybody else seems to want to become... only to realize that I do not admire what everyone else seems to admire. I have only thus begun to live after all... But it is very late. - Adapted from a quote by Thomas Merton
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Now send Cardinal Burke a link to the painting...
Who is Cardinal Burke?
lol. A man who trumpets the cause for Fr. Hardon? I'm with him. It is terrific, Terry.
i want this. you know where to find me.
Totally awesome.
Are you going to present it to him?
VERY well done!! How did this one get by me?
Very nice..you do such a good job interpretating in paint the folds of material and gauziness of lace..:)
Sara
Thanks to everyone for you kind remarks.
I posted this as a penance - I do not like how it turned out. I don't even think it looks like Burke - hence the title.
terry, this is beautiful and looks just like him. :)
I'm so glad you like it. The reason I did a sort of simple pasture background is because the Cardinal is from Wisconsin, and he is also a good shepherd - pastor.
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