OUR CRAFT

Our Craft

Explore examples of our traditional Catholic art — sacred imagery inspired by Scripture, saints, and contemplative Christian life.

Saint Francis heals the infant Bonaventure — a miraculous healing in medieval Umbria, where the future Doctor of the Church was saved through the saint’s intercession. A robin bearing a crushed fly symbolizes death overcome, as the child is held by his mother near a Romanesque church.
Medieval Christian symbolic baptism — a barefoot child in a misty field near water, evoking purification, rebirth, and early sacramental life.
Symbolic still life — white lily with blood-red marks amid brambles, representing purity and martyrdom in traditional Catholic floral symbolism.
Early medieval wooden bridge with Roman stone foundations and Carolingian cross pillar — depiction of the King’s Highway and sacred governance in the Carolingian Renaissance.
Solitary crow perched on a tree stump in a misty medieval setting — foreshadowing conflict, death, and Saint Ulrich’s defence of Augsburg.
Dymphna’s father, Damon, king of Oriel, arrives in Geel — medieval noble walks through a spring orchard with a sword and cloak, seeking his daughter in grief and obsession.
15th-century Silesian grandfather and grandson seated with scythe shaft — generational harvest scene reflecting tradition, memory, and the passing of time.
Our supersubstantial bread – crossing the loaf — medieval Slavic custom where a peasant woman marks a cross into bread before cutting, symbolizing reverence for Christ’s presence in daily sustenance.
Master of Vyšší Brod – goldfinch – Madonna of Veveří — painter at easel in medieval Bohemian setting renders Madonna and Child icon as goldfinch watches from a thistle; homage to the Master of Vyšší Brod and Eucharistic symbolism in sacred art.
5th-century Silesian wooden church on muddy road — rural Gothic influences in late medieval Catholic architecture.
Saint Alcuin discusses codex with Charlemagne — sacred moment in the Carolingian Renaissance reflecting the revival of learning and faith in 8th-century Europe.
Saint Romuald of Ravenna stands witness to a fatal duel between kin — the moment that leads to his conversion and life of penance.
Magyar horsemen flood the fields before Augsburg in 955 — Saint Ulrich prepares the city for defense and prayer as siege begins.

Production Notes:

Seed images created on Ideogram.ai

Styled in Stable Diffusion 1.5 (Realistic Vision V6, ComfyUI)

Painterly finishing in Adobe Photoshop using Wacom

All images created by Faith and Verse. Please do not use, reproduce, or distribute without permission.