The Annunciation or Hail Oh Favored One

Based on the passage in Luke 1:28.

ARTIST'S NOTES

Read the poem "Resurrection in NY" by John Updyke and was impressed. In the poem a line read "If you make or paint an angel make it real with real hair". Mary was a very young girl and to me seemed very composed under the circumstances of an angel appearing. His greeting put her at ease saying "The Lord is with you and being a favored one", but her reply "How can that be?". That question was the main look for me in drawing Mary."

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I again was influenced by a show at the Birmingham Museum. The work of William Dunlap with all the letters and words mixed into a Civil War work made a real impression on me.

“The Annunciation” along with “Unto Us” and “And Everyone Went to His Own City” are meant to be shown together. They are all done in pastels on a blue background with words describing the story of Christ’s birth.