Unless a Grain of Wheat, India ink and pastel on paper St. Peter Returns to the Garden by KPB Stevens God of calloused hands, like splinters, like wooden bowls full of dinner, I returned here with morning, wanting to return to that last evening we spent together, all of us in a shadowed room, our … Continue reading Saint Peter Returns to the Garden
Author: KPB Stevens
A Little Flower from St. Teresa
Florilegium, or "little flowers," were small sayings from scripture or from saints and mystics that were illuminated and placed in Medieval prayer books. I drew this image in my sketchbook (and drawing for me is a form of prayer) using India ink. I don't pencil things in first, I just try to cooperate with the … Continue reading A Little Flower from St. Teresa
Station Seven, Jesus Dies on the Cross
Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After … Continue reading Station Seven, Jesus Dies on the Cross
Station Six, Gestas and Dismas
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding* him and saying, ‘Are you not the Messiah?* Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what … Continue reading Station Six, Gestas and Dismas
Station Five, The Cross is Laid on Simon of Cyrene
As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. … Continue reading Station Five, The Cross is Laid on Simon of Cyrene
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