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This design shows a continuum between coeli and terra; the Saints of the Church and the Saints of the NFL; the universal and the intensely time- and place-specific. (Thanks to Walker Percy for indirectly suggesting this concept.)
An incomplete description, from top: – St. Mary, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, patron saint of New Orleans – St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy and of animals – St. Joseph (holding the Christ Child) – St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus – John James Audubon – a St. Joseph's Day altar – Ignatius J. Reilly, protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces – Audubon's aquatic birds – Reilly's Big Chief tablets and books – beneath a blurred Super Bowl crowd, Drew Brees lifting his son Baylen toward heaven – title letters, based on New Orleans sidewalk tiles
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Ink and digital, 8.5" × 11" June–August 2010 |
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