The Church and The Pilgrim

Art and Religion: Nepsis explores certain flexible qualities about human identity in nature and culture, using ‘the search for the real’ of the studio artist, the philosophy of science, and religious practice–yoga, monastic asceticism, et al–to identify and ponder salient issues in the construct of perception.

“I graduated from college with a focus on English Literature and Studio art- 1973. I felt confident about my ability to make art- paintings and poems- and the place that created for me in the world! By 1975 I was living in a Benedictine monastery where I was baptized that same year, September 14th, by a Chinese monk, Fr. T. Yang PhD. He taught me Roman Catholic Catechism, Church History and Chinese Brush Painting. It was said that I should live in a parish since that was where the bulk of Catholic life was to be experienced for most of the billion plus Catholics in the world. (The monastery had about 30 monks.) So, I did. From there I went to a Roman Catholic Seminary where in addition to Theology, Scripture Studies and pastoral training, I did a Masters project involving Buddhism, Shamanism, the Hesychasm and Aesthetics- then parish work and a PhD from Berkeley, 1995. These studies and inclination required ‘field work’ around the world- See Nepsis Foundation Cycle I, Chapters One-Nine and Cycle III, Chapters One – Four. The frightening transaction between these various disciplines has been edifying. What follows illustrates this exchange.”

STEPHEN FROST ART INVENTORY

The Church and The Pilgrim 1975-1988

(The Ecclesial Beginning…)

#78 Thru #142

“Before Bolivia, Summer 1973” Student Work- Negative Numbers

“After Bolivia, Fall 1973”- Positive Numbers

(Dimensions, Photos and Dates Approximate)

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University of California, Berkeley Site Launched 2010 – Numbers in brackets: http://ecai.org/NEPSIS

THE NEPSIS FOUNDATION (Expanded), 2011- Present, Positive Numbers without brackets: wp.nepsis.com

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NUMBERS: Minus [-] is “Before Bolivia” (Summer ’73) (BRACKETS [*] ARE UCB 2010 COUNT)	TITLE	MEDIA	SIZE	DATE	IMAGES
78. [23]	Crucifix with Antlers	Oil on Panel	5.5’ x 3’	1977- 1987
79. [24]	Head of Christ Crucified	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 18”	1978
80. [25.]	El Salvador, Central America	Oil on Paper	42” x 22”	1980
81. [27]	Crucifix Homage to Beamish	Oil on Panel	3’ x 5’	197?
82. [28]	Resurrection ‘Study for larger window…’	Stained glass window. Colored glass chunks set in epoxy.	1’ x 2’	1977
83. [32]	Bullring ‘The ancient drama of the Bull Ring compared to the inner battles of monks and hermits as they face the raging human heart…’	Oil on Panel	5.5’ x 3’	1983
84. [33]	Trinity	Oil on Panel	7’ x 4	1978
85. [34]	Fr. Yang	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 4’	1977
86. [91]	Theotokos-(Mother of God) Out of the ocean morass before Creation rose the Holy Mountain- From there emanates the divine archetype of the Blessed Mother. From Her came the Son of God. From the divine archetype came the figures in history to whom we are devoted…	Cast Concrete	Life-size	1976
87. [35]	Queen of Heaven	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 2.5’	1977
88. [92]	St. Francis ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY HUNTSVILLE, UTAH	Cast Concrete	Life-size	1977
89. [36]	Theotokos (Mother of God)	Oil on Canvas	5.5’ x 3’	1977
90. [37]	Mother, Son and Tan Tien Out of the ocean morass before Creation rose the Holy Mountain- From there emanates the divine archetype of the Blessed Mother. From Her Came the Son of God. From the divine archetype came the figures in history to whom we are devoted…	Oil on Canvas	5.5’ x 4’	1985
91. [38]	Cosmic Sacrifice	Oil on Panel	5.5’ x 3’	1983
92. [39]	Silenced!	Oil on Canvas	5.5’ x 3’	1983-’87
93. [53]	Pure Fall: Crucifix	Oil on Hung Canvas	8’ x 4’	1982
94. [55]	Ice, Water, Mountain Stone	Oil on Canvas	7’ x 4’	1980
95. [58]	Abbas Mundi‘Great Old Man’	Oil on Canvas	7’ x 4’	1980
96. [59 ]	Mountain Ascent From the collection of John McAndrew	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 2.5’	1980
97. [60]	Unexpected Face	Oil on Canvas LOST	3’ x 2.5’	1983
98. [75]	Edge of an Ice Age, 100,000 B.C.	Mixed Media	42” x 32”	1988
99. [76]	Edge of an Ice Age,50,000 BC	Mixed Media	42” x 32”	1988
100. [77]	Edge of an Ice Age, 10,000, B.C.	Mixed Media	42” x 29”	1988
101. [57]	Ice Snow Lake II	Oil on Canvas LOST	7’ x 4’	1980
102. [56]	Ice Snow Lake I	Oil on Canvas LOST	7’ x 4’	1980
103. [30]	Head of Christ–Mandala	Oil on Canvas	24” x 18”	1980
104. [54]	Seascape From the collection of John McAndrew	Oil on Hung Canvas	10’ x 4’	1985
105. [93]	Mural Resurrection/Ascension/Parusia Santa Ana, California. (Unfinished.)	Acrylic on Concrete	40’ x 29’	1985-86
106. [61]	The Spell From the collection of Ann Hall	Oil on Panel	5’6” x 3’	1985
107. [13.84]	Blessed Virgin	Turpentine Wash, Pencil and Oil Pastel on Paper	< 18”	1985
108. [13.86]	Study for a stained glass window.	Color Pencil	< 10”	1985
109. [13.82]	MONSTRANCE	Turpentine Wash and Oil Pastel	< 30”	‘73’’-’86
110. [13.83]	SACRIFICE	Turpentine Wash and Oil Pastel on Paper	24” x 18”	1986
111. [64]	”And the House Burned Down”On loan to Hayden Sequeira	Oil on Canvas	44” x 32”	1986
112. [66]	Inbetween	Oil on Canvas	44” x 32”	1986
113. [65 ]	Owl and Mouse On loan to Hayden Sequeira	Oil on Canvas	44” x 32”	1987
114. [63]	Black Space/Red Trail	Oil on Canvas	24” x 18”	1987
115. [63+]	Susumna	Oil on Canvas	24” x 15”	1987
116. [45]	Back Through	Mixed Media Partition	7’ x 4’	1988
117. [46]	Crucifixion/Ascension	Mixed Media Partition	7’ x 4’	1988
118. [47]	”Brainfield”	Mixed Media Partition	7’ x 4’	1988
119. [48]	Sent Spell	Mixed Media Partition	7’ x 4’	1988
120. [49]	Out There	Mixed Media	7’ x 4’	1988

121. [67]	Desert/Sea I From the collection of an Episcopal priest in Berkeley, CA (name lost).	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 4’	1987
122. [68]	Desert/Sea II 1987	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 4.5’	1987
123. [69]	Desert/Sea III	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 4’	1987
124. [62 ]	Achekale, The White Castle.	Oil on Canvas	5.5×3.5	1987
125. [40]	Three Hermits	Oil on Canvas	3.5’ x 2’	1987
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126. [31]	Artificer	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 3’	1987
127. [41]	Epiphany	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 4’	1987
128. [42]	Pieta	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 4’	1
129. [43]	Resurrection	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 4’	1987
130. [44]	Dark Lady (See #37, Mother/Son)Compare captions with # [70.], 134 below.	Mixed Media	12’ x 5’	1988
131. [50]	Fence	Mixed Media	18’ x 10’	1990
132 [51]	Deer Window	Mixed Media	5’ x 4’	1988
133. [71 ]	Tree of Life, Axis of Worlds	Oil on Canvas	5’ x 3.5’	1988
134. [70]	Goddess Rising	Oil on Canvas	42” x 30”	1987
135. [74]	CircleFrom the collection of (name unknown)	Oil on Canvas	20” x 15”	1987
136. [73]	Wetlands From the collection of Mr. and Mrs McKeon (Son-in-Law and daughter of Ann Hall)	Oil on Canvas	20” x 15”	1987
137. [78]	Long Beach Dance Ground (Beneath CSULB Tennis Court)	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 2.5’	1988
138. [79]	Left-hand Monk	Oil on Canvas	30” x 20”	1987
139. [80]	Great Goddess	Oil on Canvas	18” x 15”	1987
140. [81]	Dry River Spirit	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 3’	1988
141. [82]	Freeways Dissect the Sacred	Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas	5’ x 4’	1987
142. [83]	Painting	Oil on Canvas	4’ x 4’	1988

MORE SOON!

See above #s in the Archive/Art Inventory