Too good not to repost! Beautiful artwork and reflection. #Repost from @arbashome I approached St. Gabriel artistically because I was impressed with the beautiful story of his life and the devotion he gained after death. I decided to differ from my usual method of depicting saints in that I depicted Gabriel in an environment as opposed to my Manet inspired parchment background that is typical of my work. Gabriel is depicted in his Passionist habit and is standing near an image of Our Lady of Sorrows (I took this image from my own 2016 depiction). A candle burns for the presence of God and a Bible sits on the table beside Gabriel. Jesus reminded us in the Parable of the Unjust Steward that “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much…” Gabriel illustrated this by his devotion to fulfilling his every day duties and finding joy by doing it for the glory of God. As Gabriel said “Our perfection does not consist of doing extraordinary things but to do the ordinary well.” #artwork #art #creative #creativity #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #coloredpencils #color #christian #catholic #inspired #ourladyofsorrows #saintgabriel #stgabriel #stgabrielofourladyofsorrows #saintgabrielofourladyofsorrows #passionist