Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

For Mary Magdalene’s Day, Moonlight Prayer is an offering, a meditation and a prayer.

When I paint Mary Magdalene, I look for softness. I want her iconic face to be timeless, ageless and peacefully detached. I want her iconography to subtly come through without great gestures. Light in the shape of a cross on her forehead. Tears of light down her cheeks. Her voice invisibly shining through her throat chackra. Red for her veil. Skin the color of the earth. I want her to be present in the image and say with paint what is difficult to say in words. Beyond the sto