I found a new artist! Macha Chmakoff works in oil and has done some abundant painting on Scriptural themes, including quite a few Annunciations that I will be happy to feature over the next several months. This is her Annonciation à l'ange émerveillé.
Look at the way the "wings" of the Holy Spirit "overshadow" Mary, in accordance with Gabriel's words, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you," the way the glorious cloud of God's Presence covered the Ark of the Covenant and the Meeting Tent (or Tabernacle) during the Exodus. By the Incarnation, Mary became the new (and very real) Ark of the Covenant. She carried not the sign of God's presence, but the Real Presence of God himself among his people.
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