Iconography Retreat
February 16 @ 6:00 pm - February 22 @ 5:00 pm
In this retreat, you will learn how to paint an icon of Jesus Christ (Mandylion, Image of Edessa) using gessoed wooden panels, genuine gold leaf, and traditional egg tempera. At the end of the course, you’ll be able to take home a beautiful icon painted by yourself, the fruit of many hours of hard work and prayer. You do not need to have any professional art training or prior experience in icon painting. The only expectation is your willingness to learn something new and to immerse in an ancient and sacred tradition of iconography to enter into a deeper relationship with God.
$920 for single bedroom $620 for commuters (includes meals and supplies)
Brother Thomas Skowron is a Capuchin Franciscan friar born in Poland and raised in Germany, living in the USA since 2019. He began painting icons in 2017. He studied at Eikonon Schole in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, an iconography school of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo and the Capuchin Custody of Ukraine and Russia, as well as with Fr. Anthony Gunin and George Kordis. He focuses on classical Byzantine and Neo-Byzantine iconography and traditional techniques of egg tempera, but he’s also interested in contemporary trends, in particular in the art of Jerzy Nowosielski and new iconography of Lviv, Ukraine.