Shrines
September 14, 2005 to May 31, 2006

Mary Billingsley is an accomplished Connecticut artist who has channeled her considerable creativity and talent into an expression of faith. Since 1990, she has been working on a series of splendid paintings based on the life of Christ.
Each work begins with the gathering of relevant objects that will be part of a still life or "stage set" depicting a specific aspect of Jesus’ life.
Some of these props are obvious religious symbols while others, borrowed from everyday uses, indirectly evoke the subject and often help to draw the viewer to explore the painting.
A variety of dolls, owned or borrowed by the artist, become actors on the stage and assume particular roles throughout the series of paintings.