Artwork

Design on the theme "Let Justice Prevail"

Hanna wrote of her work: “Thoughts and imagery from the Bible Text are intertwined, and sometimes the vision comes in a flash. But most of the time the images develop through a constant process of meditation.”

About the artist – Hanna Cheriyan Varghese (1938-2009)

People who knew Hanna, remember her as an unassuming, gentle, tranquil and creative person. She was born with the gift of art and began to define her world through art from the tender age of six. Along the way she experimented with various forms of art, finally specializing, and making her impact through batik work. Hanna was surrounded by a supportive and religious family. Church attendance, prayer and Bible reading always played a prominent part in the family.
No wonder Christian Art became her main stay. Drawing richly from her Orthodox spirituality, she was able to infuse her art with a dazzling interplay of colour, mystery and imagery, akin to the effect that icons have in Orthodox devotion. Hanna has taught us that life can be made beautiful if we can use the gifts God has given us to touch other lives. She was passionately dedicated to exploring new forms and courageously inventive in her painting, up until the weeks before she died in Kuala Lumpur on 12th June 2009, aged 71.

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