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Caravaggio’s “Conversion of St. Paul”

William Virgil Davis

(in the Cerasi Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo)  Paul lies sprawled beneath his horse, arms opened, hands extended, upraised, creating a cup for his spilled head.His face...

Another Madonna

William Virgil Davis

Many may not notice the young rabbit, caughtin the thicket of brush near the bottom left-hand corner, because there is so much to seein the center: an angel of...

An Easter Celebration

William Virgil Davis

And so, we’ve come to this, a new beginning in an end, and celebrate the way we did just days ago, gathered close in that small room, what we...