El Santuario de Chimayo
by Roseanne Schellenberger
Title
El Santuario de Chimayo
Artist
Roseanne Schellenberger
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
In the spring of 2019 I traveled to Chimayo, New Mexico USA to see this beautiful historic Roman Catholic Church, a national landmark and contemporary pilgrimage site famous for it's healing powers. Every year 300,000 people from all over the world visit this site. They come to pray, give thanks and for the "holy dirt", which they are allowed to take in small quantities, in hopes of miraculous cures for themselves or someone else. Many have left momentos of their visit. Hundreds of photographs of people cover the walls, baby's shoes and heartbreaking hand written letters on ledges and shelves througout the property. A humbling display of suffering and faith. I admit I traveled there for the dirt but left with so much more. At the begining of my trip I did not know I would be on a spiritaul journey, but everything ended up suggesting I was. This spot was the perfect ending on the last day of that trip.
Although I find the architecture of this region and time period beautiful, I chose to paint only a portion of the church in a sligthly contemporary minimalist style.
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September 15th, 2020
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Steven Bateson
The New Mexico Land of Enchantment Group is honored that you chose to submit your work to the group and we are proud to feature your magnificent image on the Homepage in the Featured Images.
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" gallery at Fine Art America! L&F. For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - All the links are provided on our group's homepage.
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