O Lord, on Whom we gaze and dare not gaze,
Increase our faith that gazing we may see,
And seeing love, and loving worship Thee
Thro’ all our days, our long and lengthening days.
O Lord, accessible to prayer and praise,
Kind Lord, Companion of the two or three,
Good Lord, be gracious to all men and me,
Lighten our darkness and amend our ways.
Call up our hearts to Thee, that where Thou art
Our treasure and our heart may dwell at one:
Then let the pallid moon pursue her sun,
So long as it shall please Thee, far apart, –
Yet art Thou with us, Thou to Whom we run,
We hand in hand with Thee and heart in heart.
I had the pleasure of meeting Charles Imbro in the San Francisco Airport a few weeks ago while waiting for our flight. (He was reading an art book; I asked him about it.) We talked about art for a bit, and I very much enjoyed our conversation, but I had no idea how talented he was until I got home and took a look at his web site, The Imbro Studio Ltd. His work (above) speaks for itself, I’m sure.
While his style is quite different than mine, I admire it very much. My favorites of his work are clearly grounded in tradition, with realist style and classical subjects, although some of his other pieces reflect more modern influences. He also does murals.
