Gilfedder Designs

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.

Star of the Sea, Our Lady is an ancient title for the Virgin Mary. The words 'Star of the Sea" are also translated into Scottish Gaelic "Reul Alainn A' Chuain". A2 (16.5 x 23.4 inches) print including a white border on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm paper, comes embellished with gold leaf and hand signed.

The Dream of Gerontius film [full video] The Dream of Gerontius film [chapter videos] The Dream of Gerontius was written by Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman in 1865. It is a dramatic poem which portrays the death of an old man and what happens to his soul as he enters into eternity and the state of Purgatory. Newman discovered much about the teaching of Purgatory from the Fathers of the Catholic Church when he was writing his "Essay on development of Doctrine". The musician and composer Edward Elgar began work on the "Dream of Gerontius" in 1900.  The painting of the Dream of Gerontius was commissioned by the Pitt-Payne family from Alesbury in 2003, and is painted on wood with acrylic and gold leaf. The visual presentation of the painting is broken up into 8 parts which is just as much part of the symbolic language of the painting as the rich colour, the gold leaf for the Heavenly realm the unborn child in baptismal shawl surrounde

For 'Lentfest 2013' I produced a light show of a concert at the St Mary’s, Calton for there Journey to the Hebridean Heart Concert. In aid of the repair program of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Garrynamoine, South Uist; a church dedicated to the memory of the fallen at Passchendaele by the army chaplain, Canon John MacNeil, who was himself wounded at Passchendaele. St Mary's Griminish Church from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . Hector the Hero from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . St Bride's Sacred Heart from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . St Bride's Blue Madonna from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . Praise of Mary from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . The Promise from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . Blue Madonna II from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . The Shepherd from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . Priesthood from Michael Felix Gilfedder on Vimeo . Star of the Sea from Michael Felix Gilfed

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