Aidan Hart Icons

The full collection, completed and ready for their new homes.

Saint Oswald; the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria from 633 to 642 known for introducing Celtic Christian missionaries to his Kingdom.

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This is another of my recent smaller commissions; Saint Cedd, an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria.

St Cuthbert’s cross, travelling altar (both to be seen at Durham Cathedral), and his Bible (British Library).

To finalise the garments I added highlights and then further modelling.

I painted the garments in reverse order to the face: first the glaze of red ochre followed by modelling in a darker ochre.

A video talk given at St Catherine’s monastery Sinai, ‘Beauty: Luxury or Necessity?’ https://youtu.be/_2K2zvTicb0. .

Some of the group went partway up Sinai by camel. At the top of the zigzag steps is St Paisios’s kelli. The last leg of the climb up the steps. The chapel rebuilt in 1930’s of stones from the sixth-century basilica. .

Reached the top of Mount Sinai today. You can also see the hermitage where Saint Paisios lived 1962-1964 (just visible in the centre of the photo. Paisios

On the path up Mount Sinai. Look out for the hermitage of Father Moses and the winding path. ’s .

The cave cell of St John Climacus, Sinai. A beautiful 1hour 30 minute walk through a wadi.