Art by Contemporary Jesuits

From the Winter 1995 print edition of Company


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Cover of Winter 1995 Issue

Company Magazine

Fr. James Vorwoldt, SJ, Fine Arts Department chair at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago and teacher of photography, painting, and drawing, photographed this close-up color abstract. His main artistic focus is on such abstract color photography and photographic digital imaging.


Our Lady of Grace

Bronze 15"

Fr. David Smith, SJ, superior of the Jesuit community and art teacher at Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, S.Dak., sculpts in bronze, wood, stone, clay, and concrete. He is also a graphic artist, cabinetmaker, and restorer of antique furniture.


Portrait of an Actress

Fr. Michael Harter, SJ, is novice director at the novitiate in St. Paul. His lifelong interest in photography was a starting point for the ten years he spent in communications, including being managing editor at America magazine and associate editor of Review for Religious. The actress is Mary Corcoran, who appeared in a production of a Tennessee Williams play at Regis University in Denver.


The Three Manitous

Watercolor

Fr. Edward Dowling, SJ, was professor of engineering graphics and architectural drawing at the University of Detroit Mercy for more than 30 years. His special interest is drawing and painting ships on the Great Lakes. There are three Manitous in the painting: the steamship, the lightship, and the island, which is in the northern part of Lake Michigan.


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