Carrington Sacred Art

Gold leaf sacred icon paintings

 of Jesus and Mary

by Kathryn Carrington

Artist Kathryn Carrington's "Christ In Glory" triptych was featured at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church

Kathryn Carrington is a professional artist whose specialty is the painting of icons, crucifixes and gilded altarpieces for churches and private collections. She is also well known for her contemporary art, including her landscapes and abstract impressionistic paintings on her own handmade paper.


Represented in hundreds of corporate and private collections in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, Carrington is a painter of international renown who has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad.Her work has been included in exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Art, the Royal Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers, and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in London. She received a B.A. in Fine Art as well as an M.F.A. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.


Additional studies were undertaken at Epsom College of Art and Chelsea Art College, England; L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; and Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada, Washington Theological Union, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Yale Divinity School, Virginia Theological Seminary and New Skete Monastery. She is married to the sacred music composer Gregory Norbet . Hear Gregory Norbet's music here . Gregory is a former member of the Weston Priory, where many of his best-known compositions began: "Hosea", "All I Ask Of You", "Wherever You Go, I Will Go" and others which appear in hymnals of many denominations worldwide. Visit his website: GregoryNorbet.org

Icons  painted by Kathryn going to China.  The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend Michael Curry took Kathryn’s icons to China as gifts to people and churches he visited.  The originals are installed in Christ The Lord Chapel, Episcopal Church Center, in NYC near the UN. Michael Curry was the dynamic priest who gave the sermon at Megan and Harry’s royal wedding, televised to millions.


Below, a closeup of the icons seen above. Please click to enlarge.

"Face of Christ in Glory", a work commissioned for
Duke University Divinity School's Goodson Chapel.

Installation of new icon in Goodson Chapel, Duke University

 "Icons can move us beyond the spoken or written word into a moment of pure grace

and profound faith. To be drawn to prayer through sacred images is to let the Divine look deeply and compassionately into our lives."  -- Gregory Norbet

“We have a wonderful treasure, our inheritance from the early Church, the ICON, which is not only an aid to prayer and liturgy, but is visual scripture. If one is going to have art in Churches intended to inspire, why not have good art that has integrity: Icons, which are based on 2000 years of Christian tradition.”

A Meditation on Sacred Icons by Kathryn Carrington

Music: "Ave Maria" by Gregory Norbet from "DONA NOBIS PACEM" www.GregoryNorbet.org

All images on this site are painted and copyrighted by Kathryn Carrington and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's permission.