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The Annunciation 4, 2021, an icon 45 x 35cm.
The Annunciation 4, 2021
Archangels Michael & Gabriel, 2021, an icon 45 x 35cm
Archangels Michael & Gabriel, 2021
Sky Cry (to Peter Sculthorpe), 2012
Sky Cry (to Peter Sculthorpe), 2012
Flight into Egypt, 2023, tempera and gold leaf on board 150 x 70cm

Iconography, Contemporary Religious Artwork and Non Religious Artwork

The iconography of Michael Galovic itself consists of replicas of existing, mainly old prototypes of traditional icons; then there are Michael’s versions of traditional icons still abiding by the rules of what constitutes a traditional icon, these are prevalent in his work.

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Finally, there are so called “new icons”, created either for the saints who haven’t been previously depicted in iconography or are recently canonised saints, or are his newly created versions of icons: Hildegard of Bingen, St Patrick, St Finbar, St Brendan, St Francis of Assisi, St Francis Xavier, St Aloysius, St Therese Lisieux, St Marcellin Champagnat, St Peter Chanel, St John Baptist de la Salle, St Benedict of Norcia, St Philip Neri, St Charles of Mount Argas, St Gerard Magella, Blessed Mary MacKillop (six different versions), etc.

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