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Elizabeth Moore

Paintings made for prayer

Elizabeth Moore — Richard's wife of sixty-six years — paints in the iconographic tradition: gold grounds, steady gazes, and a stillness meant to draw the eye toward heaven. She painted King David for the cover of his forthcoming Psalms.

King David, the Psalmist

Elizabeth Moore

Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas · 18 × 24 in

Crowned and haloed, the shepherd-king holds his harp — the author of the Psalms, who sang the songs the Church still prays. Painted by Elizabeth Moore as the cover for the forthcoming Psalms, in the iconographic tradition: gold ground, steady gaze, and a stillness meant for prayer.

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