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| "Kissing the Face of God" by Morgan Weistling |
Morgan Weistling is a California artist who mostly specializes in western-themed subjects. His work hangs in museums all over the country and his commissions are highly prized. His work is exquisite. (Seriously, if you click on his link, it'll take you to his website and you'll see a gallery of his work. If he were living in the Renaissance, someone named Borgia or Medici would be his patron.)
He painted "Kissing the Face of God" in 2001 and it's become one of his most popular images. The first time I saw it, I was struck by the sweetness and youth of his Mary. (I'm not sure, but I think his daughter might have been the model.) At any rate, the painting has so much reality and love that it really humanizes the Christmas story.
My mother was an artist and I've seen a lot of Madonna and Child paintings in my day (I loved
Fra Filippo Lippi's "Adoration of the Magi" when I was a child because I liked saying "Fra Filippo Lippi.) I think this painting stands up to the best of them.
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| "Adoration of the Magi" |
You can buy "Kissing the Face of God" at any number of religious bookstores online.
Here's one, where you can buy 25 cards for $25.95. You can buy cards with "Adoration of the Magi" on it from numerous sources. has it in with a whole range of "Adoration of the Magi" cards.
Shopwiki offers it along with a full range of "Adoration" cards by various artists.
