In the summer of 2017 I will taking a two month residency at Pendle Hill, a Quaker retreat center located just west of Philadelphia. I intend to continue working on my Psalm Series that I began in 2013. I will post new work to the website. I am very excited by this opportunity and I thank Pendle Hill for the residency and their support of my art and my process.
Bernard C Winter Art
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY THE ARTIST, BERNARD CHRISTOPHER WINTER
Upcoming Exhibit in June!
I am very, very fortunate to have been given exhibition space at the Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini! The artwork will consist of a retrospective on the psalm series that I have been working on, off and on, over the past decade. This exhibition runs from June 1st till June 30th. The shrine is located at 701 Fort Washington Avenue in Manhattan, and is open from Tuesdays through Sundays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
I will give an artist talk on the psalm series on Saturday, June 11th, at 11:00 a.m. The talk will feature reflections on the work on display, including Psalms number 1, 19, 22, 23, 27, 40, 42, 90, 93, 150.
The best way to access the shrine is to take the 'A' train to the 190th street station, or by the M4 bus.
The exhibition is sponsored as an event by the Northern Manhattan Artist Alliance (NoMAA) as part of its annual Uptown Art Stroll.
The following links provide more information about the shrine, NoMAA and my website. Thank you for your support! I hope to see you. If you cannot make the talk, I would be most happy to give you a 'private tour' of the show, just let me know.
Home Page - Cabrini Shrine NYC
Uptown Arts Stroll - Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (nomaanyc.org)
Psalm 90 is now reviewed on Guideposts.org
Noted author Rick Hamlin, www.RickHamlin.com has reviewed my artwork and you can read it by following this link
Rick Hamlin: What Do You See When Your Pray?
I had the good fortune to meet Rick during an advent prayer workshop in December of 2021, and we hit it off. We both live in Washington Heights and share the same love for the natural beauty of this northern most tip of Manhattan; the woods that overlook the Hudson River, the Cloister Museum, and the Shrine of Mother Cabrini. If you have never explored this neighborhood before, you owe yourself a visit!
Psalm 93 is now featured on this website: www.thevcs.org
The Visual Commentary on Scripture (VCS) is a freely accessible online publication that provides theological commentary on the Bible in dialogue with works of art. Each exhibition consists of three artworks and associated commentaries grouped around a Bible passage. When you choose an exhibition you get to view three related artworks and Bible passage. Each image is zoomable so you can enjoy it in greater detail. New exhibitions are being added all the time. Eventually the VCS aims to have exhibitions covering the entire Bible.
Please use this link if you want to right to the page with my art work: https://thevcs.org/over-troubled-water/sure-decrees
Commentary on my art work is provided by Jonathan Homrighausen, a doctoral candidate, Duke Divinity School. In Jonathan’s article, my work is flanked by an example of the psalm from the Utrecht Psalter, c. 820 -45 and by Rembrandt’s ‘Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee’ 1633. So I’m in great company.
To see the entire article and related art work, please use this link: https://thevcs.org/over-troubled-water/waters-king-and-temple
Once at the web-page, hit the 'next ' arrow to examine each image. if you click on 'Commentary' you can read about the three works and how Jonathan connects them. Clicking on the image itself will allow you to enlarge and examine it in detail.
It's gratifying, and humbling, to be recognized in this way - gratifying to know that someone out there has seen my work, connected with it, and found my interpretation to be visually compelling and sound from a scriptural viewpoint. Humbling - because it means that whatever gift I have been given I have used to touch others and to praise God the Creator's majesty. Psalm 93 was created during my artist in residency at Pendle Hill, in 2017. You can see more of my psalm series by going to my home page and clicking on that tile.
The great beech tree at Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania