Category Archives: icon painting

Egg Tempera Technique

Posted on January 21, 2018 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

If there is NO GOD then I have had a great time living the illusion that there is one and If there IS a GOD, it will confirm a life illuminated by something greater than I can imagine. Mind and … Continue reading →

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Eggs and Icon Painting

Posted on October 24, 2015 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

Eggs are a perfect protein and a great medium for Icon Painting Eggs are said to have both positive charge and negative charges, the negative is in the yolk  and the positive is in the white. Egg tempera uses only … Continue reading →

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Icon Painting Workshops, Ossining, NY or Lewis, Delaware

Posted on October 24, 2015 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

Modern Iconography  We will return to April 10 to 15 2016   Mariandale Retreat Center, Ossining, NY I like to think the course is a meditation as well as an icon painting class. Monastic life holds the value of silence … Continue reading →

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Holiness on an Island of Time

Posted on June 13, 2015 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

Descending into simplicity on an island in Greece, is a retreat from regular life.             The sea and its sound helps one refrain from thinking about the future, analyzing memories of the past and worrying … Continue reading →

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When I’m asked who is Painting Icons

Posted on March 27, 2015 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

It feels like someone asked how is the world today?   Even if I begin with just my name it is more than anyone wants to know. ‘My name means Mary of the Light and Jane who asks too many … Continue reading →

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Icon Painting Workshop

Posted on December 15, 2014 by ">Mary Jane Miller
Mary Jane Miller

Mariandale Retreat Center presents April 12 to 17   WINDOWS to the DIVINE Sunday April 12 through 17 Mornings 9: am to 12 noon and Afternoons 2:30 to 5 PM This five day Icon Painting Workshop is an intensive course in … Continue reading →

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Keep God In It :Egg Tempera Technique

Posted on November 24, 2014 by ">mary jane Miller
mary jane Miller

For those who are looking for room to explore and pray, to experiment and grow in love for this wonderful mystical medium, this book is for you. Continue reading →

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