Madonna and baby Jesus Painting from Chile

This icon of the Madonna is a print of a Spanish renaissance painting rendered in decoupage with modern hand painted techniques, maintaining the gold paint as the base. It is made using a paper print over a wooden board with layers of acrylic red, black and three different tones of gold paint for the background, to reproduce the icon look. The printed image of the Virgin Mary has been repainted and decorated as in traditional Spanish imagery, intertwining various techniques resulting in a fusion of several art styles.

There is a ancient tradition to add family jewelry to an icon according to the favors received. This icon is passed down from generation to generation and will accumulate during the years precious jewelry and sometimes the image is crowned. Since they are added later and not by the original painter, the crowns and the stones are disproportionate to the image of the saint. Based on these traditions, I have decorated this piece with flat back rhinestones.

Size: 11.5"x 8.5" Ready to hang

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