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‘All my Delight is in your Saints. The faithful who dwell in your land.’
My visit to each Parish Church as artist in residence enabled me not only to paint an icon of the Parish Saint but also to meet the people of that parish.
I have come away from this experience with a great sense of joy, I have truly met the ‘faithful’ who dwell in this island. Talking and praying with parishioners was an inspiring way to reflect and develop the icon of each Parish Saint.
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Over the year, while artist-in-residence, over a thousand people came to see the work I was doing in each parish Church.
The final exhibition of all the icons at All Saints Church highlighted the value of the journey where people had an opportunity to visit all the Twelve Parish Saints together.
A big thank you must go to the Anglican community for welcoming me into their churches and to the parishioners of All Saints Church for hosting the exhibition
What next?
2011 began with an incredible commission to write an icon of the Resurrection for a 100 year old lady, a birthday present from all her children. I had several other commissions to complete by Easter.
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In July I was invited to participate in the Christian Arts Festival on the Mont Saint Michel. This Festival ran from the 21st-25th July 2011. Called ‘13 Centuries between Sky and Sea’ (13 Siècle entre Ciel et Mer) the Festival aims to gather Christian artists together to witness to the link between their craft and their faith. http://festival.mtstmichel.free.fr
In August I was invited to be Artist-in-Residence at the Anglican Church in Dinard writing an icon of the Parton Saint of the Church, Saint Bartholomew. 22nd-28th August. 2011 Click here to go to the page about the icon and Saint Bartholomew's Church
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In November 2011 Jersey Heritage are publishing my book ‘A Welcome Heritage - The Twelve Parish Saints of Jersey.’
Parish Icons In 2010 Karen Blampied created an icon for each of the twelve Parish Churches of Jersey. Click here to go to a page which details the progress of the icons
Articles about the Parish Saints in Various Publications
St John's Magazine - Star of the North St Mary's Magazine - Communiqué St Peters Parish Magazine St Saviour's Parish Magazine - La Cloche -Autumn 2010
Article about Karen and the Parish Icons October 15th 2010 edition of the Jersey Evening Post. Entitled "An inspiring journey" and written by Lucy Mason, a pdf version of the article can be seen by clicking here
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Flower Festival at Dinard Anglican Church - July 2010 (La Fete des Fleurs autour des Icones) Karen's icons were exhibited alongside beautiful flower arrangement. The Flower and Icon Festival attracted 400 visitors . English afternoon tea was offered and Scottish Pipers from Jersey played in the Church garden on Saturday and in the Church itself on Sunday after the morning service. The colours of the flower arrangements matched those of the icon exhibited alongside.
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Symbol of Faith - Karen particularly likes this
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BBC Gallery - Christmas Lights in Town
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