AP: Artist priest finds God in abstract expressionism
There's no steeple out front, no rows of pews inside, not even so much as a crucifix on display.
Still, this cramped little art studio in the middle of what, until not very long ago, was a street with as many broken dreams as it has potholes, is the closest thing to paradise Father Bill Moore has found. It's the place where the 60-year-old Catholic priest serves God by creating abstract paintings that he sells by the hundreds.
No ordinary preacher, Father Bill, as he's known throughout Pomona's fledgling arts district, long ago discarded his clerical collar in favor of a painter's smock. Only on Sundays does he trade it for holy vestments to deliver Mass at a local church or one of several detention facilities for youthful offenders.
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Posted December 30, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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I would be loath to call the picture frame Fr Bill is holding an example of ‘abstract expressionism.’ But then, what do I know?
December 31, 1:49 am | [comment link]