This article introduces Gautam Jhanjee, an artist whose works provide a multifaith perspective. It focuses on pieces from his series “Four Theological Paintings: A Liturgical Cycle of Death, Resurrection, and Transfiguration” which draws heavily from Christian imagery and ideas. One work from this series, “Christ of the Third Millenium” is shown adjacent. Jhanjee’s ideas do not necessarily align with Catholic teaching, but they can be seen as one way of understanding the “universality of God’s saving plan”[1]. Continue reading “GAUTAM JHANJEE – The Art of Religious Pluralism”
Jubilee of Artists – 15-18 February 2025
Introduction
Artist Sue Orchison lives in country NSW just outside Canberra. Her interest in iconography spans more than 15 years. Sue can be found most days busy painting religious images in her country studio. She has work exhibited in cathedrals, churches, schools and private homes across Australia. Here she takes us behind her most recent commission, a group of 10 images depicting the Way of the Cross mounted in a chapel of the newly restored Old Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul, Goulburn. 
The Sydney Modern is the new building of the Art Gallery of New South Wales opened at the end of 2022, located between the old building and the botanical gardens. Its glass-fronted foyers are open and spacious, offering perspectives on Sydney Harbour.
A few months ago, a friend wrote that she had “just returned from a five-day trip to see the silo art in the Wimmera/Mallee and Northeast Victoria. Wonderful work, and such a boost to the towns that arranged for their people, fauna and flora to be presented in such a wonderful form”. What caught my attention however was the note “A highlight was a mural of Sophia in the tiny Uniting Church at Goorambat”, near Benalla and Wangaratta, Victoria.
In late 2021, a friend who’s a theology lecturer showed me a basic Bible books diagram that he’d put together for his students. Then he asked me, “have you thought about creating a book of the Bible artwork?” My first thought was “not really, I mean, I’m no biblical scholar, how in the heavens would I… ?” 
Melbourne artist Christine Sage’s grandfather was, in her words, “a very good Catholic man”. He was also a blacksmith and an inventor, and some of his equipment and tools are still used today.
Returning to Blairgowrie, Victoria, from a road trip to Kangaroo Island in September 2022, we stopped in the town of Millicent, SA, to pick something up on the way. Serendipitously we parked in front of the catholic church of St Alphonsus. 