About the Spiritual and Religious Art of Charles

Modeling my religious art technique after the artists of the Renaissance, I primarily use line drawing, rendered in graphite or ink and sepia wash, to sketch and formulate my ideas. For me, this style of drawing represents a work in progress, symbolizing the dynamics of the creative process.

The Collections:

Messages from Angels

Why angels? Belief in angels has survived the ages. Their influence is a growing cross cultural and multi-generational phenomenon. Indeed, angels are an integral part of not only the Christian religion but part of the Jewish, Buddhist and Muslim faiths as well. However, angels have been largely absent from the work of most major 20th century artists. My goal is to bring angels back into fine art and use my Angle art interpretations to reflect the following sentiment.

“We are all free to believe what we wish, and to see angels, in any form as intermediaries to God, or simply as symbols of hope and comfort in our modern world.” – Anonymous

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Illustrations of Childhood Jesus

Illustrations of Childhood Jesus is larger and more complex than the Angel art work. With this collection I intend to make Jesus more accessible. I have three objectives for Illustrations of Childhood Jesus. First, I hope to reach young minds as well as challenge the bias of age. Second, I will share and offer a variety of different but meaningful lessons through these visual stories. Lastly, I will use Illustrations of Childhood Jesus to explore fundamentals of human growth and development.

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What is “Giclée”?

The term “Giclée” (pronounced Gee’clay) is a neologism developed to describe a process of producing high-quality, fine-art prints from original pieces of art using high-end inkjet printers. The Giclée process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. Giclée prints are commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.

Our Giclée art prints are made using 350gsm Hahnemuhle Museum Etching paper, consisting of one hundred percent cotton rag, and containing no optical brighteners. Under ideal storage conditions Giclée prints may last for two hundred years under dark conditions at moderately-warm temperatures and one hundred twenty years under UV filtering glass or plexi glass.

We also offer Display Quality prints, which are made using 170 gsm coated matte presentation paper. Both types of prints are made using archival pigmented inks which are designed to resist fading and weathering and are more water resistant than the dye-based inks one might find in a home or office printer.