1992-8 Design of Faith

Design’s of Faith is a project of 12 essays and 12 canvases that explore 12 religions from an artist’s perspective. The content of the essays focuses on the foundational history of the religions and the basic moral and ethical teachings of each faith. The series includes Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha’i, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, the Dreaming Religion of Aboriginal Australia, Hopi Religion, Ifa Divination of the Yoruba of West Africa, and Inuit Spiritualism. In addition to the twelve 92” X 79” canvases, twelve preliminary studies were created on 20” X 17” paper.

- mixed media on canvas, watercolor on paper

- the essays are unpublished

                                                      gallery of 20 images

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the artwork of Mark W. McGinnis

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