THE ART OF CHARLES ALKULA
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"And one can only ever have begun; there is no other way to be than to be on the way."
-- Catherine Pickstock
This series of paintings takes as its inspiration the seasons of the Church year.
None of these are for sale.
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ADVENT (the four Sundays before Christmas)
Color: Blue or purple
 (The word advent comes from the Latin prefix ‘ad-‘ ​meaning ‘to’ and the root ‘venire’ meaning ‘come’)
The Sundays of Advent are sometimes given names such as peace, love, joy, and hope.
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Tempus Adventus
(Advent Time)
 2020
48x60, acrylic on canvas
CHRISTMAS (December 25 through January 5)
Color: White or Gold
Special days include Christmas Day and Epiphany Sunday
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Joulurauhaa! 
(Christmas peace!)
48x60, Acrylic on canvas
​2020


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In Nativitate Domini
(The birth of our Lord)
20x20, Oil on canvas
​2020



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EPIPHANY (January 6th through the day before Ash Wednesday)
Color: Green
(Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation, from epiphainein to manifest, from epi- + phainein to show). 

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Special days include the Day of Epiphany (January 6), Baptism of the Lord Sunday (second Sunday in January) and Transfiguration Sunday ​(the Sunday before Ash Wednesday).
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Epiphanytide
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48x60, oil on canvas
​2021
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The Baptistery of St. Paul at Agios Ioannis

​2021 - ​Baptism of the Lord Sunday
36x48, oil on canvas
Jesus, Moses, and Elijah

2021 - Transfiguration Sunday
36x48, oil on canvas
SEASON OF LENT (the forty days before Easter, not counting Sundays)
Color: Purple
Special days include Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday,
and the Paschal Triduum (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, & Easter)
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Dies Cinerum 
​(Day of Ashes)

​2021 - Ash Wednesday
36x48, acrylic on canvas
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Quadragesima
(Fortieth)

​2021 - Season of Lent
48x60, Oil on canvas

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Dominica Palmarum 
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(Palm Sunday)

​2021 - The Sunday before Easter
36x48, Acrylic on canvas




​The Paschal Triduum 

2021 - Maundy Thursday,
​Good Friday, & Easter
 

36x40, Acrylic on canvas
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Mandatum novum do vobis ut
(A new commandment I give you)

2021 - Maundy Thursday
36x48, Acrylic on canvas​
in passione et morte Domini
(on the passion and death of the Lord)

2021 - Good Friday

36x48, Acrylic and oil on canvas
SEASON OF EASTER (Easter Sunday through the Day of Pentecost)
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et resurrectionis erimus
(Resurrection)

2021 - Easter
48x60, Acrylic on canvas
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Ascensionis Domini
(The ascent of the Lord) 

2021 - Ascension of Christ (fortieth day of Easter)
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
Veni Sancte Spiritus
(Come, Holy Spirit)
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2021 - The Day of Pentecost (fifty days after Easter)
​48x60, marble acrylic on canvas
SEASON AFTER PENTECOST (The Sundays after Pentecost through Christ the King Sunday)
Color: Green
Special days include Trinity Sunday, Reformation Day (Oct. 31), All Saints Day (Nov. 1), 
and 
Christ the King (the Sunday before Advent)
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​Ordinalis 
(Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin - stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis -al)
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 2020 - Season after Pentecost
48x60, acrylic on canvas
Tempus per annum
(Ordinary Time)


​2021 - Season after Pentecost
48x60, oil on canvas
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Pentecostes tempore
(Season after Pentecost)
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2021 - Season after Pentecost
48x60, marble acrylic on canvas
Viridis temporum
​(Green Season)

2021 - Season after Pentecost
​48x60, acrylic on canvas

Unum mensem in tempore ordinario
(One month in ordinary time)

2023 - Season after Pentecost
48x60, acrylic on canvas
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Sola gratia justificamus et sola fide justificamur
(Only by grace do we justify and only by faith are we justified)
2021 - Reformation Day (October 31)
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
Pater et filius et spiritus sanctus
(the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit)

2021 - Trinity Sunday (The Sunday after Pentecost)
36x48, acrylic on canvas
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All Saints' Day 

​2021 - November 1
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
Chi Rho 
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​2020 - Christ the King Sunday
​(the Sunday before Advent begins)
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
Click on any of the series ​below to see more paintings.
Alkula Family Series
Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies Series
LGBTQ+ Series
Liturgical Series (wax) ​
​Lower Canvas Series
Mondrian-inspired Series
Ornament Series  ​
​Switch Plate Series
​​Watercolors
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  • Home
  • About Me
  • Work
    • Inside the studio >
      • Ceramcs Studio
      • Drawing studio
      • Painting Studio
      • Print Making Studio
      • Sculpture Studio
    • Works in progress
    • Ceramics
    • Drawing
    • Painting >
      • 2014
      • 2015
      • 2016
      • 2017
      • 2018
      • 2019
      • 2020
      • 2021
      • 2022
      • 2023
      • Unique Painting Series >
        • Center for Pastoral Effectiveness Series
        • Family Series
        • LGBTQ+ Series
        • Liturgical Series (Paint)
        • Liturgical Series (Wax)
        • Lower Canvas Series
        • Mondriani-inspired Series
        • Ornament Series
        • Switch Plate Series
        • Watercolor
    • Photography >
      • iPhone Photography: Cats
      • iPhone Photography: Flowers
      • iPhone Photography: Golf
      • iPhone Photography: Scenes
    • Print Making
    • Sculpture >
      • Mondrian-inspired Sculpture
    • Odds and Ends
  • Contact
  • Exhibits/Gifts/Sales
    • Exhibitions >
      • List of Exhibited Works
      • Exhibitions: 2014-2019 (Montana)
      • Exhibitions: 2019 (Colorado)
      • Exhibitions: 2020
      • Exhibitions: 2021
      • Exhibitions: 2022
      • Coming Soon
    • Donations
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