Aragon, Midge

The spirituality and symbolism of sacred art drew me to the study and painting of icons. Icons are painted to lead us into our inner room of prayer and contemplation. With form, color, and light an icon strives to represent the reality of the world beyond the visible world, a “Window into Eternity.”
I paint icons in the traditional manner of using a dark base and progressively building translucent lighter colors of paint. Concentrating light to specific areas helps achieves the “inner light” that indicates sanctity. Gold leaf is applied to halos and some backgrounds.
During the 30 years I have been an iconographer, I have been privileged to study and apprentice under several master iconographers. It has been my honor to paint icons for churches and private collectors in the United States and Europe.