Our Lady of The Dome
By Michael CarrollType: Painting
Technique: Drawn, Painted
Material: Parchment, Traditional pigments
Width: 28cm | Height: 35.5cm
Production date: 2020
An illuminated quote from a 1928 sonnet by Rev. Patrick J. Carroll, CSC, Vice President of Notre Dame University. Done in 8th century Kells style with egg tempera on vellum, this artwork incorporates elements of 1920s Art Deco, as well as religious symbolism reflecting the poem and the poet.
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Hi Michael. I love this work. Do you made your own pigments?
Hi Lynne–
Thanks! Alas, I don’t collect and grind my own minerals (not that I haven’t considered it, but safety first!). For this piece I used commercially ground pigments. A 50/50 mixture of egg yolk and glair works well to bind the colors to the vellum, just as it did in the 8th century.
Not that all your work isn’t exceptional – but this one is the exceptional of the exceptional.
Thanks Ed…I’m glad that it’s my latest work that gets such a compliment! Means I haven’t stopped learning 😉