Lucy Hollis
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I remember sitting in the pew at Christ Church as a child ,
mind wandering, looking up at the stained glass windows. The
figures there always seemed so imposing in their frozen
perfection. Pictures of saints darkened with age and history.
They were remote to me, beautiful, but unreachable.
As an adult I was inspired to learn more about the saints after
reading about St. Therese of Lisieux. She struck me as so
childlike and vulnerable---so human in her simplicity, and later
in her suffering. Far removed from the images I remembered.
As I learned more about saints I was inspired over and over
again by the close connection between suffering and
redemption, humanity and divinity.
mind wandering, looking up at the stained glass windows. The
figures there always seemed so imposing in their frozen
perfection. Pictures of saints darkened with age and history.
They were remote to me, beautiful, but unreachable.
As an adult I was inspired to learn more about the saints after
reading about St. Therese of Lisieux. She struck me as so
childlike and vulnerable---so human in her simplicity, and later
in her suffering. Far removed from the images I remembered.
As I learned more about saints I was inspired over and over
again by the close connection between suffering and
redemption, humanity and divinity.
I wanted to create portraits of these individuals that address that connection. I use everyday
materials: wood, shredded print material and found objects. Most of the materials are things that
have been thrown away. I like the process of tearing up and reorganizing discarded paper into
something meaningful. It has become for me a metaphor for the ordinary/divine connection that is
represented in the lives of the saints, and embodied by all of us.
materials: wood, shredded print material and found objects. Most of the materials are things that
have been thrown away. I like the process of tearing up and reorganizing discarded paper into
something meaningful. It has become for me a metaphor for the ordinary/divine connection that is
represented in the lives of the saints, and embodied by all of us.