With Musical Notations by Andrew Maxfield
Charcoal on Staff Paper — 8.75” x 12.5” (Framed: 18” x 24”)
Artist Statement:
A response to the Advent antiphon "O Oriens," this drawing contemplates the themes of dawning light and the dispelling of darkness. The young figures express a sense of anticipation and the arrival of illumination. The composition aims to capture the yearning for the "Sun of Righteousness" to break through shadows and bring hope.
With Musical Notations by Andrew Maxfield
Charcoal on Staff Paper — 8.75” x 12.5” (Framed: 18” x 24”)
Artist Statement:
A response to the Advent antiphon "O Oriens," this drawing contemplates the themes of dawning light and the dispelling of darkness. The young figures express a sense of anticipation and the arrival of illumination. The composition aims to capture the yearning for the "Sun of Righteousness" to break through shadows and bring hope.
O Oriens I
O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae,
et sol iustitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in
tenebris et umbra mortis.
O Day-Spring,
Brightness of the everlasting Light,
Sun of Righteousness:
Come, to give light to them that sit in darkness,
And in the shadow of death!
