The Holy Family was commissioned by the Diocese of Phoenix to commemorate its 50th Anniversary. This piece, which resides at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Phoenix, is 6 feet wide by 9 feet in height and features the Holy Family: the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and the child Jesus.
The compositional structure features two equilateral triangles in a mirror image, giving the piece a clear center of gravity, and providing symbolic representation of the "two trinities" represented- the image of the Holy Family in the horizontal plane, and the Divine Family of the Trinity depicted on the vertical plane: Father, Son, and Spirit. Symbolic representations drawn from the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe - the Patroness of the Diocese of Phoenix - can also be discerned.
The Holy Family, by Ruth Stricklin, © 2019 New Jerusalem Studios, LLC.
