I was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – I am a Catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of a synagogue whose roofing works have prompted some solander box decanting – and came across an early colouring-in drawing I did, aged around four or five, of the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery – the Carrying of the Cross. My spelling was far from perfect, but the religious intention as an artist was at least clear: “Ar father, how art in heven, Halod be thy nam.”
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Diary: Art without God
i was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – i am a catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of...
Adam Dant

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