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This book has been ten years in the making. It is inspired by Saint John Paul's 'Man and Woman He Created Them. A Theology of the Body'. It is also about the questions within the title of Gauguin's painting called 'Where Do We Come From?' 'What Are We?' 'Where Are We Going?'.  We still need to ask these questions in a materialistic and scientific world that seems trapped in space. Whilst reading Theology of the Body, I realised the paintings I had produced over the years were the ideal accompaniment to the anthropology within Saint John Paul's work, especially the aspects of mystical and poetic theology.  Crucial to this project was working with my good friend Heather Macdonald, whose encouragement and skills as a graphic designer resulted in helping to give the book its visual beauty. Purchase a copy of this book from Amazon now.

This year I was honoured to join 28 other artists to each produce a piece of work for one of the Stations of the Cross and Resurrection for the AGAP and the University of Glasgows Exhibition's for the 2012 LentFest.  The list of participating artists and their subjects is as follows: Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) 1. Jesus is condemned to death – Terry Ann Newman 2. Jesus is given his cross – David Adam 3. Jesus falls the first time – David Gibson 4. Jesus meets His Mother – Tommy Canning 5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross – Richard de Marco 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus – James Callaghan 7. Jesus falls the second time – Tom Cahill 8. Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem – John Byars 9. Jesus falls the third time – Susie Batey 10. Jesus is stripped of His garments – Christine Mailley 11. Jesus is nailed to the cross – Peter Howson 12. Jesus dies on the cross – Aleksander Zysko 13. Jesus’ body is removed from the cross (Deposition or Lam...