Mary. A portrait made in public at St Ignatius College Adelaide in discussion with the young women who are the senior art students. Mary is depicted with two personalities drawing on the tradition of Kristo Pantokretor: the angry and the compassionate. Mary was a young unmarried woman who became pregnant. She wore a veil. She was Jewish and lived in the Middle East.
Mary
Daniel Connell 2021, 150x70cm, acrylic and oil paint on canvas