New! Nativity – Fra Angelico – 4.25" Framed Miniature Catholic Artists achieving them or not

achieving them or not

This image was originally painted by Sue Kouma Johnson in acrylics on canvas

placing Catholic meaning into nature

This classical illustration can help us remember that fear is useless

New! Nativity – Fra Angelico – 4.25" Framed Miniature Catholic Artists achieving them or notThis image is from Fra Angelico's painting, "The Navitity," painted around 1425. The colors are beautiful and vibrant. Mary and Joseph are worshiping Jesus in reverent awe. The ox and ass look on*, as they are in almost every nativity painting ever done. The two animals aren't mentioned in the Gospel accounts of the nativity, but are symbolic: the ox stands for Israel, and the ass stands for the Gentiles, showing they are united under Christ. This