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Sr. Dorothy Kazel: Soli Deo Gloria

“Sr. Dorothy Kazel: Soli Deo Gloria” 2005, Oil painting on antique gate, wood cross, mauve art glass & dicroich glass, words from her last letter, 38” x 45” 4” Collection of the Ursuline Sisters, Cleveland , Ohio.

Note: the figure in the background is Saint Angela Merici, founder of the Ursuline Order.

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Sago Cross for Whispered Prayers

January 26, 2006, a coal mine explosion at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia trapped 13 miners for 2 days. Only one miner came out alive. I felt compelled to do something with the 12 names but didn’t know what. In my studio, I gathered scrap wood and rusted carriage bolts and the cross began to form…

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