Mater Dei

Dress and Shoes: Mark

Necklace: Dots

Tights: Kohl's

So today at church I presented an art piece I was asked to create by my pastor. Since the theme of the service today was Mary, I decided to make her the subject of my piece. (You can see it above if you haven't figured out that's what it was already. lol) I did it in colored pencil and acrylic paint.

The piece is meant to be right after the angel, Gabriel, tells Mary that she will give birth to the Christ child. I tried to portray her as a young girl (which she would have been) of about 15 or 16. I also tried to show the conflicting emotions she surely would have felt. She was very young, and despite the fact that it was normal for young girls to get married and have children, was probably very afraid. She was supposed to be virgin, and she must have been sure that Joseph would leave her for her supposed "infidelity". That is why she is crying.
But she is also smiling. This is because she had a strong faith in God, and knew He would guide her through what was to come. And that no matter what, she would try to be a loving mother and create a good life for the child she was destined to bear. In the end, Mary accepted her role in God's plan. She accepted it with gladness, thus calling a smile to her lips.

That's the gist of what I said in church when I got up to present. I just thought it would be nice to write it down and share it with the world on my blog as well. I hope it may have spoken to you in some way if you read all of this.

Much love, dolls

-Bonnie