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The Life of the Virgin Mary — Illustrations

Book illustration · 2020

The Life of
the Virgin Mary

Maximus the Confessor

All eight works in this series were created for a 2020 competition organised by the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Dimitri Tumanishvili. The selected illustrations were published in the Georgian edition.

Acrylic, gold leaf and mixed media on paper

Nativity · The Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple · Baptism · Annunciation · The Presentation of Christ at the Temple · Dormition · Ascension · Pentecost

The circular composition with the dove, the Virgin Mary and Christ was submitted as a book-cover proposal.

Eight works created for the 2020 competition.

Original work 1 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 2 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 3 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 4 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 5 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 6 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 7 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series
Original work 8 from The Life of the Virgin Mary series

Selected pages from the published volume.

Published illustration Tamar's Departure from The Life of the Virgin Mary
Published illustration The Virgin's Garment from The Life of the Virgin Mary
Two published illustrations from The Life of the Virgin Mary