He thanks the Lord for such a tremendous blessing to be able to have a sustained career in this sacred art form. He has been blessed to paint for churches and individuals for 25 years and continues to enjoy the challenge of pushing his skills to greater levels.
After four years of study Michael graduated with high honors and a Bachelors of Fine Art.Īfter several years of showing in area art galleries, Michael decided to give up the world of secular art to devote his life to the study and creation of the sacred art of iconography. Upon graduation from high school he decided to continue his studies in art at Carnegie Mellon, where he was accepted in to the College of Fine Arts. The earliest surviving mention of Michael is in a 3rd century BC Jewish apocalypse, the Book of Enoch. A mosaic of the same painting decorates St. An interesting aspect of Catholic icons is that almost everything on the icon has some sort of symbolic meaning. Second Temple Jewish writings Guido Reni 's Michael (in Santa Maria della Concezione church, Rome, 1636) tramples Satan. He studied in this program for six years at which point he graduated to the pre-college course of instruction at Carnegie Mellon University where he spent three years. Saints Icons A Catholic icon is a representation of the image of such holy figures as the saints, Mary, Jesus and other religious figures, in the form of a painting. Michael started his art training early in life, being chosen to attend the academic art classes of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh at the age of nine. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Carnegie, PA. Michael was born on Jin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Stephen and Beverly Kapeluck. You can read more about him in the below article, which he graciously allowed us to share from his website, Archangel Icons. Michael Kapeluck is an iconographer raised in the Kyivan tradition who wrote our thirteen beautiful icons in our iconostas.
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