To commission a work or enquire about an Icon, Visit NewChristianicons. She has had over twenty one person exhibitions internationally of her paintings and Icons: her passion is painting and teaching, in that order! Click here to see upcoming Icon Classes. In accordance with Byzantine spirituality, liturgy and thought, Iconographic languages affirm the possibility of communion with God and the development of fellowship and shared common goals.” Christine Simoneau Hales FINE ART AND ICON PAINTINGĬhristine is an award winning professional artist : Christine holds a BFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and an MS in Art Therapy from the College of New Rochelle. Artist, Iconographer living in Sarasota FLoridaArt work and Icons by Christine SImoneau. I set out to learn all that I could, studying with Olga Polkhine, Vladislav Andreyv, the Nuns of New Skete, Peter Murphy, and reading countless books.Īfter a trip to Russia to see the Icons, I realized that the absence of a structured system of Iconography schools provides a possibility of community amongst the unique and varied expressions of contemporary spirituality in Europe and America today. Christine Simoneau Hales Paintings and Icons, Sarasota, Florida. “When I first encountered Icons at a beautiful convent in France, I knew that I had discovered a powerful visual language that could communicate all that I yearned to do as an artist. She then studied all over the world with Master Iconographers and traveled to Russia with 22 other Iconographers in 2006 to gain a better understanding of the power and beauty of Icons. BIO: Christine Hales is an artist/iconographer who has taught icon writing classes for over ten years. From that meeting Christine realized that all she had been searching for in art and spiritual life was contained in the process of Icon writing. Georges des Gardes, Christine had an encounter with their then Iconographer Sister Myriam, that changed the course of her life. Mick was photographing the book, “Monastic Gardens”, and at a convent in St. Michael and Christin… on The Worldview of an Icono…Ĭhristine Simoneau Hales has been writing icons since a 1996 photo shoot in France with her husband, Mick Hales, introduced her to the beauty and power of icons. Valerie Smith on The Worldview of an Icono… View Christinesimoneauhales’s profile on YouTube.View Christine Simoneau Hales’s profile on LinkedIn. ![]()
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