Oil on board, 16×20″, 2024
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Mary pauses to contemplate the Savior of the World, a gift entrusted to her in mortality. What a choice servant she must have been.
“My soul doth magnify the Lord” (Luke 1:6, KJV)
Patterned after a friend living down the street from me, created to give me a break between more graphic illustrative commissions detailing Christ’s last week.
![Mother of God: A Portrait of Mary](https://i0.wp.com/lesteryocum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mother-of-god-natural-800px.jpg?resize=640%2C800&ssl=1)
Process
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![Mother of God: A Portrait of Mary](https://i0.wp.com/lesteryocum.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mother-of-god-natural-800px.jpg?resize=640%2C800&ssl=1)
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