FOUR ICONS FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS, PRIORSWOOD, DUBLIN

It being some time since I posted here and noticing that others were posting their own work I decided to post some images of my own icons. These four icons are in the parish church of St. Francis, Priorswood, Dublin (not far from the airport and the M50). The Deesis was made for the church and was painted in acrylic on MDF. Each icon is 118 x 89 cm and they are copies of a set kept at the Monastery of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos. They were blessed at the Easter Vigil 2001.

The remaining icon of the Theotokos Panagia was originally made for the now (sadly) defunct Sacred Heart chapel in Church St. It was made to fit over the door to the friary and sacristy and to complement another icon which sat over a stained glass image of the Sacred Heart. It is painted in egg tempera with gilding in both oil (outside the figures) and water (the area of the disk around the Christ child including his clothing) methods. It now sits over the door to the church from the sacristy in Priorswood.

You can see them in situ here at the St. Francis' parish virtual tour.