An Uncommon Mission

Download or read book An Uncommon Mission written by Holly Rarick Witchey and published by Welcome Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bandw photographs of the 21 California missions depicted here contrast the bright and vibrant color representations that Tupa, a Benedictine monk and priest who now teaches at St. John's University, Minnesota, painted in oil and watercolor during the summer of 1997. Witchey, the manager of New Media Initiatives at the San Diego Museum of Arts, provides the text to this book, describing the history of each mission and analyzing Tupa's art. This book depicts Tupa's work as unique in that his goal was not to promote California or to recreate the missions, rather, he was intent on his own artistic interpretation that combined a physical and spiritual element. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR