Virgin Mary and Christ Child

'Virgin Mary and Christ Child' . 10" x 8" .
oil and 23K gold leaf on wood panel
copyright © 2020 kay eneim
sold through The Sacred Art Gallery

This image was painted by Fra Angelico and by Corporali... both in their own style.
Such beautiful images, theirs.
Here is mine.

Chacon's 'Madonna and Child with Bird'

"Chacon's 'Madonna and Child with Bird' " . 8" x 6" . oil on wood panel

copyright © 2020 kay eneim

sold through The Sacred Art Gallery

This image was originally painted by Ignacio Chacon around 1765. (His painting was featured on the U.S. postage stamp for Christmas 2006. Michael Osborne cropped and adapted the image to accommodate the postage stamp dimensions.)

It was painted in the style of Cuzco, Peru. Chacon is believed to have worked there as an artist from the years 1745-1775.

To the Incan culture, birds were considered sacred and were thought to have the ability to reach the sun god, thus by including the little bird, the Christ Child was shown to have divine status.

It is also believed that Chacon was influenced by a painting by Bartolomeo Murillo, 'Holy Family of the Little Bird'.

Prints are Available!

'Of Bouguereau's Madonna and Child'

'Mary With Child'

We are making prints of 'Bouguereau's Madonna and Child' available again. And, too, now available are prints of 'Mary With Child'.

Printed with archival inks on acid-free paper, these high quality prints are available in two standard sizes with an added one-inch natural white border, making them easily suited for framing.

Yours are available for purchase here and here, at eneimfineart.com under the category of Religious Works!

Happy Mother's Day!

Thank you to our Blessed Mother… and to all of our mothers. May we follow Her example!

Of Dvorak's Mother and Child

'Of Dvorak's Mother and Child' . 8" x 6" . oil on linen panel

© 2012 kay eneim

I painted this image as a way to learn the original artist's use of color and light.

It is an adaptation from the work of Frantisek Dvorak (1862-1927).

I was very moved by that painting... it was a joy to paint.

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

'Of Mengs' Adoration of the Shepherds' . 40" x 30". oil on canvas

© 2008 kay eneim

"Today a light will shine upon us, for the Lord is born for us;

and he will be called Wondrous God, Prince of peace, Father of future ages;

and his reign will be without end." (Cf. Is 9:1, 5; Lk 1:33)

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Cover of Catholic Digest December 2009!

"Of Bouguereau's 'Madonna and Child with St. John' "
by kay eneim

On the Cover of the December 2009
Christmas Issue of Catholic Digest!

copyright © kay eneim 2004

Private Collection

Bouguereau's Madonna and Child with St. John

" 'Bouguereau's 'Madonna and Child with St. John' "

oil on linen panel . 14 x 11 . 2004

copyright © kay eneim 2004

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My first completed oil painting.

This is a cropped and adapted version of William Bouguereau's well-known painting depicting Christ extending His hand down to His cousin, St. John the Baptist.

William Adolphe Bouguereau (1823-1905), a French painter, was one of the most prominent painters of his time. His abilities as a Master have been in dispute by some ever since. Some critics claim his figures appear static. I think they are beautiful, none the less.

Mary With Child

'Mary With Child'. oil on linen panel . 20 x 16 . 2007

copyright © kay eneim 2007

Pere Serra, a Spaniard and one of the most important Catalonian painters from the late 14th Century, painted the Blessed Virgin Mary surrounded by the apostles in a painting he named 'The Pentecost' (1393-1394).

I loved everything about his image of Our Lady, but preferred her isolated from Serra's painting. His painting has her surrounded by the apostles and saints...a stunning image...but here we have Our Lady with Child, presenting us with her 'fiat'.