St. Luke Painting

The picture shows the evangelist St. Luke as painter. 
According to legend, St. Luke had a vision in which the 
Virgin Mary with the Christ child appeared to him. The 
evangelist recorded his vision in a painting, which led 
to him being considered the patron saint of painters. 
St. Luke was also the patron of the guild of painters in 
Candia, which was the Cretan capital and Domenikos 
Theotokopoulos’ home town. Similar representations of the 
saint were quite common in the fifteenth and sixteenth 
centuries.


Despite the ravages of time which the painting has 
endured, we can see that the young painter displayed 
considerable talent. The portrayal of the Madonna and 
Child show him to have been a master of Byzantine icon 
painting. For the angel above Domenikos employed an 
entirely different and fluid style. The work also 
reflects a sensitivity to spatial relationships not 
characteristic of Byzantine painting. Both these elements 
are evidence of Domenikos’ interest in contemporary 
western Renaissance art.

~There will always be a place in my heart for you~


Inside of me there is a place…where
My sweetest dreams reside, where my - 
Highest hopes are kept alive, where my
Deepest feelings are felt, and where
My favorite memories are tucked away,
Safe and warm. My heart is a lasting
Source of happiness. Only the most
Special things in my world get to come 
inside and stay there forever.

And every time I get in touch with
The hopes; feelings, and memories
In my heart, I realize how deeply
My life has been touched
By you.









~ Loving Thought Of You  ~

It's all your fault, you know…
I've hardly accomplished
Anything today.
Every time I begin something,
You creep into my thoughts -
Softly, slowly at first…
And before I know it,
My imagination is filled
With thoughts of you.
Warm thoughts,
Nice thoughts,
Such loving thoughts.

But this is getting out of hand.
And I have to get something
Done today.
So maybe I'll begin
By doing something
Very important…

I'll let you know
How much I want you,
How much I need you
And how very much I…

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