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Starry Night Over Bethlehem
Inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night, this painting was created specifically as a reference for YMCA staff to copy during a group Christmas project.
After seeing it online, a publishing company in Australia asked to use the image in a high school text book, focusing on intersectionality and Van Gogh’s influence on music, art, poetry, and theater.
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Madonna de la Croisette 2004
Painted from a photo taken at the beach in Cannes, mother and child are intersected by a cross. The pieced mirror reflects the brokenness in all of us, as we hold on tight to the people who ground us.
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Notre Dame des Chansons
On a trip to France, Elizabeth Gray sings to nephew Miles Bavuso. Influenced by the religious paintings at the Louvre. 2004
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Man, Whole Covered 2004
Painted as part of my senior project, using a photo of Jason Perry as reference. Jesus rests on the ground, the cross just a suggestion of what’s to come. The title, a play on words, tells us that He covers all of us, regardless of faith or circumstance.
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Jesus template
Easter 2024, the YMCA started The Jesus Project, inviting any and everyone to create their own version of Jesus using a pre-printed outline. The results were astounding, and can be viewed under The Jesus Project section of the A&H Gallery at the YMCA website.
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Stigmata
Using a repurposed canvas and an image of our son as he lay in a hospital bed, Stigma revealed itself.
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Head of Christ.
Cleaning out the basement, I found a print of Richard Hook’s Head of Christ which had hung in our house since the early 1970s. Water damaged and covered with mold, it got a new life as I painted my own version over the existing image. Hook-Gray collaboration. 2024
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Spiritual Heeling
In the early 2000s, my interests included photographing feet for use in a project called Foot for Thought. Titles reflect a play on words: feat/feet, heal/heel, soul/sole, and various uses of toe. This image uses the feet of my church lady friends, who were almost always up for whatever crazy new concept I pursued.