"A captivating new drawing of Our Lady of
Seattle, created for St. Luke Church in Washington, is rich in details
and symbols. To wit: On the border of the illustration, pairs of animals
approach Noah's Ark. Chief Seattle, the local Native American leader
who converted to Catholicism in 1848, took Noah as his baptismal name.
"'It's a very creative piece,' says Father Brad Hagelin, pastor of the Seattle-area church. 'It's obvious that it comes from a place of devotion. This is the artist's calling. It was like commissioning an icon from a monk who has a great devotion.'
"The artist, Daniel Mitsui, who is married with four young children, is no monk, and he prefers not to talk at length about his Catholic faith because he does not want to leverage his devotion as a way to attract clients. But his idiosyncratic yet traditional Gothic art, inspired by illustrated manuscripts, panel paintings and tapestries from more than 800 years ago, has drawn a devoted following. Clients praise his work as 'richly layered and very complex' and 'beautiful, reverent, thought-provoking and mystical.'"
A recent National Catholic Register article profiled Mr. Mitsui and his art.
To access the complete National Catholic Register report, please visit:
National Catholic Register: Meet Daniel Mitsui, Modern Artist With a Medieval Gothic Heart (4 JAN 20)
"'It's a very creative piece,' says Father Brad Hagelin, pastor of the Seattle-area church. 'It's obvious that it comes from a place of devotion. This is the artist's calling. It was like commissioning an icon from a monk who has a great devotion.'
"The artist, Daniel Mitsui, who is married with four young children, is no monk, and he prefers not to talk at length about his Catholic faith because he does not want to leverage his devotion as a way to attract clients. But his idiosyncratic yet traditional Gothic art, inspired by illustrated manuscripts, panel paintings and tapestries from more than 800 years ago, has drawn a devoted following. Clients praise his work as 'richly layered and very complex' and 'beautiful, reverent, thought-provoking and mystical.'"
A recent National Catholic Register article profiled Mr. Mitsui and his art.
To access the complete National Catholic Register report, please visit:
National Catholic Register: Meet Daniel Mitsui, Modern Artist With a Medieval Gothic Heart (4 JAN 20)
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