Gallery: The life of st. Joseph - Six paintings
Feb 26, 2021 Back to Galleries
Biography of Brother KenChapman, C.F.C., Teacher and Artist. Ken Chapman is a member of the teaching order of the Christian Brothers, a group which dedicates its ministry towards others. He has a profound understanding of the nature of beauty and he sees all beauty as a reference to Absolute Beauty. The source of inspiration in Brother Chapman's life and in his images is, the literal word as as spoken by God to Israel, perhaps particularly in the Books of Genesis, and perhaps even more so, that other word of God, the incarnate Word. He recognizes with a deep thankfulness that the Creator is the donor of his rich artistic gifts. Brother Chapman has studied extensively at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Notre Dame, the Art Students' League of New York and graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts from Catholic University in Washington, D.C, Brother Chapman, the Teacher/Artist, has produced very notable paintings, images and objects in almost every possible medium and idiom.Joseph's Dreams
Fear not Joseph- Take Mary as your wife Protector - Preventer of spilt child’s blood Heading the whisperings - Of Angel’s messages - Of flight into Egypt

The Holy Family
Our models - Shining examples - Our hope - For a way of living - As family - As community

Joseph and Jesus
Those adolescent eyes - Look on working hands - Lovingly fashioning objects of beauty - And necessary function - A strong bond of love building - With each stroke - Of artisan's hands

Finding Jesus
Joy - Finding their precious charge - In God's space - A burst of delight - Unspeakable happiness - To uncover a waiting Jesus - In our fragile mortality

The death of Joseph
Peaceful happy death - In the arms of the child - You washed at birth - Taught first steps - Protected nurtured and loved - Fortunate leavetaking - Only to find - Gratifying new life.

Joseph, Patron of the unversal church
Protector of the new Christ - The Mystical Body - Eternal patron of humankind - Loving intercessor - For even the most insignificant - Of us all.
