7. st. lawrence st. lawrence is the patron saint of cooks and chefs. this is another partially obscured one, but the item you see below is an old style (medieval, perhaps even much older) grill. you could heat this over a stationary fire, put it somewhere, and grill anywhere. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0cc9e006244ea8c9cefb2433a33c61865dc2454d90f9871ff8f13616c842eae3.file
when i used to do a painting show, i painted this image of st christopher live once. i still have it hanging up, as it really captures that time. you can see i had just driven through kansas, and the sorghum fields and yellow vistas had made an impression on me: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/75d62e5af922c02b88c8ef74369f5b9e843b5de1f9d93843a25182598e5005f6.file
6. st. christopher this story was difficult to fit into an single image, but i like how it turned out. the main part of saint christopher's tale is that he carried the infant Christ over a river. so, i have the globus cruciger suspended over the river by the arm of a tree: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ca3eb3ab0e963156bd81f08a58ea16145f5a4d83d05dbc373c686cfd6c6cc234.file
nicholas roerich has the definitive image of saint pantaleon in my mind. the way the earth is painted here, you really get the sense that these healing forces are just springing up from the earth, freely available if you know how to harvest and prepare them. a true "wise man": https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fe148db49bdb7d6e39e8155c8862a258fbe959601dc5f3d7a72c5ae759f59f56.file
the story i heard for him is he became christian, then fell away from it, and went to study medicine. he became a doctor and healer for the top of society, perhaps even the emperor, and then reconverted to christianity after someone told him God is the ultimate healer.
5. st. pantaleon i like this image because if you know what it is, it's instantly clear, but if not it's just an enigmatic... box. this is a medicine box from "back in the day", storing oils and tinctures, and a spoon for dispensing them. st. pantaleon is early, first centuries https://hell.twtr.plus/media/aa3f97bbb566ba1857b91b5781ae1bbb537653f8671e52ad2bfb7dde08dcdd7e.file
4. st. jerome just one of the best. how can you not resonate with this guy? when i drew this, i was just going off one of my all time favorite images: 'st. jerome' by caravaggio. i imagine every book nerd understands this painting intuitively. saw it in person once. very epic. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1ba2bb91eb21f766064c41b6fadccfa81aae0ea34426fea991ee1c9f4edaabc6.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/29f7a797d81265a85cdd9a7d8daa6d55013f55b37525d09115dd3a6d9e3631e4.file
(that's 'the vision of st. hubert' by rauber). you may recognize this image, here referencing st. hubert, from a more seemingly mundane source. i got invited to the german town where they brew this once but didn't go. probably for the best considering my inclinations at the time https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8356588a0d631be3fb1aa318ed280af196e12712eab5c282db724a1bf495906c.file
st. hubert also saw it - i guess God likes pulling this maneuver. st. hubert is patron saint of hunters, and hunting laws. as a kid i was around people who broke those laws. its one of the first ethical transgressions i noticed. personal connection love this painting. its great https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b354b9ac672bc4c3ca9d6a742332e48391ccdece8384f8d4904dfcbc3169d1b2.file
hard to find high res images of this guy the deer with a luminous cross between his horns is one of my favorite odd christian images. i know it from st. eustace, a roman soldier who is drawn away from his army by a deer. he follows it: when theyre alone, he sees a similar thing https://hell.twtr.plus/media/664811abf8f79be246fdd337f78545ed51b855b9669578d234c45fd6c13e9433.file