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Madonna of the May
May 26th 2013
8.5 x 9 inches

"O Flower of flowers, Our Lady of the May!
Thou gavest us the World's one Light of Light:
Under the stars, amid the snows, He lay;
While Angels, through the Galilean night
Sang glory and sang peace:
Nor doth their singing cease,
For thou their Queen and He their King sit crowned
Above the stars, above the bitter snows;
They chant to thee, the Lily, to Him the Rose,
With white Saints kneeling round.
Gone is cold night: thine now are spring and day:
O Flower of flowers, our Lady of the May!"
- "Our Lady of May" by Lionel Johnson

Happy Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury! I just finished this particular piece yesterday. I wanted to do some kind of Marian image for the month of May, and I had seen this one image of the Virgin and Child that I thought was so beautiful, similar to this one ( [link] ) though I can't seem to find the original image I used. Anyway, I also wanted to do something similar to Sando Botticelli's Madonnas (which I love), so I started sketching this one. I had started this back around mid-April, but I hadn't gotten much of a chance to work on it until yesterday. I don't know if I'm perfectly happy with it, but I suppose it's alright.

Description
Madonna of the May
May 26th 2013
8.5 x 9 inches

"O Flower of flowers, Our Lady of the May!
Thou gavest us the World's one Light of Light:
Under the stars, amid the snows, He lay;
While Angels, through the Galilean night
Sang glory and sang peace:
Nor doth their singing cease,
For thou their Queen and He their King sit crowned
Above the stars, above the bitter snows;
They chant to thee, the Lily, to Him the Rose,
With white Saints kneeling round.
Gone is cold night: thine now are spring and day:
O Flower of flowers, our Lady of the May!"
- "Our Lady of May" by Lionel Johnson

Happy Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury! I just finished this particular piece yesterday. I wanted to do some kind of Marian image for the month of May, and I had seen this one image of the Virgin and Child that I thought was so beautiful, similar to this one ( [link] ) though I can't seem to find the original image I used. Anyway, I also wanted to do something similar to Sando Botticelli's Madonnas (which I love), so I started sketching this one. I had started this back around mid-April, but I hadn't gotten much of a chance to work on it until yesterday. I don't know if I'm perfectly happy with it, but I suppose it's alright.