oil on canvas, 42” x 56”
acrylic on canvas 6 ft x 5 ft
Mural for the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, Indiana
copyright James Patrick Reid 2015
8 feet x 7 feet
oil on canvas 72” x 48” 2019
oil on canvas 66" x 44"
Copyright James Patrick Reid 2008
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the belly of the big fish; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." -- Mt 12:40
Mural for the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, Indiana
copyright James Patrick Reid 2014
8 feet x 7 feet
Oil on Canvas 42" x 56" Copyright James Patrick Reid 2009
Oil on Canvas 42" x 56" Copyright James Patrick Reid 2010
Copyright James Patrick Reid 1988
This composition is based on a helix. The Church, like a helix, grows without deviating from the law which forms her. As the law was given to Moses on Sinai, the Holy Spirit is poured upon the Church on the fiftieth day after the Passover.
oil on canvas 30" x 40"
School of St. Vincent, Martyr, Madison NJ
Copyright James Patrick Reid 2011
oil on canvas 32" x 24"
copyright James Patrick Reid 2012
Oil on Canvas 6' x 5'
Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bloomington IN
Copyright James Patrick Reid 1987
Oil on Canvas 38" x 48"
Collection of Mr. Lester Mason
The Fathers recognized a revelation of the Most Holy Trinity in the mysterious visitors to Abraham. The background figure on the left prefigures Isaac carrying the wood for his own sacrifice, and Christ carrying the cross. The ram signifies the sacrifice God will accept, that of His Son the Christ. Sarah offers bread, as the Church will offer Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
oil on canvas 48" x 36"
Oil on Canvas 4' x 6'
Collection of the Stony Brook School, Stony Brook NY
Oil on Canvas 48" x 24"
Monastery of the Holy Rosary, Summit NJ
"With will and doctrine joined, and in the light of apostolic office, he burst forth like a torrent from a mountain rain." -- Dante, Paradiso, Canto XII
Oil on Canvas 36" x 30" Collection of Mr. Lester Mason
"Thomas, what reward do you desire for your labors?"
"Only Yourself, Lord!"
Oil on Canvas 5' x 4'
Copyright, James Patrick Reid 2016
And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice. And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering in of the cave,
-- 1 Kings 19: 11-13
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 40"
Copyright James Patrick Reid 2007
Oil on Wood 12" x 16"
Copyright James Patrick Reid 2010
"The sea fled at the site; the Jordan turned back on its course."
For the other Psalm texts on which this painting is based, see
the page "The Iconography of the Baptism of Christ" on this website.
Saint Patrick's Church, Chatham NJ
Acrylic on canvas 72” x 48”
oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas 42” x 56”