The art of synod

Artist Ann Balch (Moncton, NB) created two paintings which were gifts to Bishop Don Harvey – both exquisite.  The magnificent portrait (measuring  27 1/2″  x  43 1/2″) was commissioned by ANiC, but the artist magnanimously did the work pro bono. The work will initially hang in the ANiC office, but eventually move to the cathedral, when we have one!

    

 

The second painting – a transparent watercolour with acrylic archival varnish – is of Bishop Don’s hands holding the bread of the Eucharist over an intricately detailed challis.