Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels
by Aberjhani
Title
Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels
Artist
Aberjhani
Medium
Digital Art - Silk-featherbrush Fine Art Digital Painting
Description
This artwork, titled Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels, is currently featured on the cover of the collectible double-anniversary edition of the 2022 FLANNERY O’CONNOR REVIEW. It is also one of two September 2022 art print releases from a series of works in the review, which is published by Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga. (USA). The other image from the series available here at Fine Art America is: View of the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist from the 15th Floor of DeSoto Hotel.
The publication features an 8-page section of my digital fine art photography, Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle digital paintings, and mixed media art creations. (For more on publication please check out my news page.) The artwork seen here is titled: Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels. It was created to reflect different spiritual themes and social justice concerns expressed by the classic author Flannery OConnor in her celebrated short stories and novels.
O’Connor’s work is often considered controversial for different reasons, especially when it comes to her depictions of race relations and class divisions in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. But it is clear enough in much of her writing that she was likely attempting to help Americans, and maybe people around the world, move past racial phobias and conflicts. In that regard, some of her fictional and nonfiction works were like literary sermons advocating antiracism. They and directed at segments of society in which people preferred to believe themselves superior to others but then made the painful discovery they were as human and vulnerable as anyone else.
My goal with Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels was to utilize the abstract Featherbots and Glowbots which populate my Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle canvases to encourage conscious movements toward cultural literacy versus indulging instincts to dominate or inflict violence upon each other.
Those wishing to learn more about how my work came to be published in the 2022 Flannery O’Connor Review are invited to read about it and view the Flannery O’Connor Review cover at: https://www.author-poet-aberjhani.info/blog-visionary-vibes/acknowledging-achievements-and-fine-tuning-aspirations
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Thank you Ronald. It was quite an honor to have "Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels" featured on the 2022 cover of the FLANNERY O'CONNOR REVIEW.
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Thank you Shoal for checking out "Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels." Appreciate your visit & kind words.
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Thank you Carol. Looking forward to checking out your latest & revisiting a few favorites.
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Thank you very much Amy. I appreciate the kind words & visit.
Amy E Fraser
Love the color and water like flow of this vibrant and interesting work. I absolutely love the title and concept and find the process so fascinating. Very cool Aberjhani!
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Thank you very much Kim. Very glad you enjoyed checking out "Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels."
Bernadette Krupa
Aberjhani's, magnificent "Sermon in the Valley of Broken Angels". Visisited your amazing gallery. Congrats on 2022 Flannery O'Connor Review!! F/L/F
Aberjhani replied:
Thank you very much Bernadette. A lot of hard work went into the O'Connor Review project and I'm grateful it paid off.
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I appreciate that greatly Angeles. Thank you for checking out and commenting on Sermon in the Valley of Broken Bones. I hope you get a chance to see how it looks on the cover of the 2022 Flannery O'Connor Review, which you can do, if you wish, here on FAA at: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/posteredchromatic-poetics?tab=press
Angeles M Pomata
LOVE this captivating, delicate, and precious piece, Aberjhani!! The colors are a joy to the eye. L/F
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Thank you very much Douglas for the very kind words. I'm grateful for this honor and do not take it for granted.
Douglas Taylor
Astonishingly beautiful with glorious color make this a magical creation, Aberjhani! Many congratulations on your great honor! Fav'd, and twice if I could.
VIVA Anderson
Dear Aberjhani, it is a thrill to see this your ySilk-Featherbrush Artstyle SERMON IN THE VALLEY OF BROKEN ANGELS, and !!!, now to celebrate your being published in the :: 2022 FLANNERY O’CONNOR REVIEW. Congratulations, kudos, all so deserved. I remember well following the Series, and happier more so, for this accolade/selection in 2022. CONGRATULATIONS, my Friend. Kudos, compliments, fav.........so Proud of You.......VIVA
Aberjhani replied:
Thank you very much VIVA. Producing this work is one of the things that kept me going while contending with ravages of the pandemic. Grateful now for how it has made its way out into the world through the pages of FLOCR 2022.
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
It was a great surprise and unexcepted joy when the editors of the 2022 Flannery O'Connor Review requested artwork to consider for the front cover of their current special anniversary issue and chose SERMON IN THE VALLEY OF BROKEN ANGELS for the honor. So many things about the year 2022 have been extremely stressful that it was amazing to experience something so unique and encouraging.