Betsy Porter

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Exhibiting Member
First name
Betsy
Last name
Porter
 

Contact Information

City
Oakland
Province/State
CA
Country
USA
 

First Image

Image No.1
Caption No.1
The Holy Trinity
Description No.1
icon; egg tempera and gold leaf on board
 

Second Image

Image No.2
Caption No.2
Elijah is Carried to Heaven
Description No.2
icon; egg tempera and gold leaf on panel
 

Third Image

Image No.3
Caption No.3
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Description No.3
icon; egg tempera and gold leaf on board
 

Arts data

Relation to Art
  • Artist
Arts Media
  • Jewelry
  • Iconography
Arts Proficiency
Emerging
Artist Statement
For several years I've been studying iconography and teaching informal workshops in icon painting. I use traditional methods and materials; real gold leaf and hand-made egg tempera paint. Every material is full of symbolism, as is every step in the creation of the icon. This method produces rich glowing colors and exquisite detail!

Icons are "windows into heaven" which project extraordinary intensity. These holy images seem to have been looking at the viewer all along.
 

Church data

Denomination
Episcopal
Diocese
California
Parish
St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco
 

Additional information

About
My website www.betsyporter.com has a full gallery of icons, plus detailed instructions on how to paint a traditional icon in egg tempera and gold leaf. I teach iconography usually 2 Sunday afternoons per month at my church, St. Gregory of Nyssa, www.saintgregorys.org.

I also actively make jewelry in both gemstone beads and silver.
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