Amy Finkbeiner : Saints for Girls

Joan in Ecstasy
2007
Sculpey, acrylic, plaster, leather, and chains
Height: 10 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls White stoneware and pencil

"Darkness, you cannot cloud my gaze."
2006-07
White stoneware and pencil
15 x 15 x 3 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Sculpey, crystals, beads, and wire

"I am nothing without you."
2008
Sculpey, crystals, beads, and wire
Height: 14 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Sculpey, white stoneware, acrylic, and plaster on wall

"Performance"
2006-07
Sculpey, white stoneware, acrylic, and plaster on wall
6 x 8 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Sculpey, acrylic, plaster, plastic snow, and glitter

“Saint Eulalia, Virgin Martyr who died at the stake, whereupon a white dove flew from her mouth, and a gentle snowfall covered her body.”
2003
Sculpey, acrylic, plaster, plastic snow, and glitter
4.5 x 5 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Wax, found wood, acrylic, sculpting compound

Madalena
2007
Wax, found wood, acrylic, sculpting compound
Height: 12 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Sculpey, acrylic, and plaster

"Saint Joan of Arc, just before burning, kneeling in an hour-long prayer of forgiveness for her executioners, during which she reduced the mob to tears of remorse."
2003
Sculpey, acrylic, and plaster
Height: 7.5 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil on paper and vinyl

"Leave me, Desire, and let me be burned clean, performing this work as spiritual exercise..."
2008
Pencil on paper and vinyl
32 x 44 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil, acrylic, and glitter on paper

"Spirit's melancholy, and Eternity's despair..."
2009
Pencil, acrylic, and glitter on paper
17 x 21 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil, acrylic, crystals, beads, and glitter on paper

"Your Most Fervent Supplicant bears a grievous toil..."
2008
Pencil, acrylic, crystals, beads, and glitter on paper
22 x 30 inches

Mandilion
2007
Pencil, acrylic, crystals, beads, and glitter on paper
22 x 32 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil, graphite, and glitter on paper

In Ecstasy
2008
Pencil, graphite, and glitter on paper
14 x 16 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil, ink, and vinyl on paper

"Scorned transfigured child of Cain..."
2007
Pencil, ink, and vinyl on paper
22 x 34 inches

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Hannah
2004
Pencil, acrylic, and glitter on paper
22 x 30 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil and acrylic on paper

“Lutgard of Aywiéres, experiencing a vision in which John the Baptist, in the guise of an eagle, fills her soul with nectar sucked from Christ’s wound.”
2003
Pencil and acrylic on paper
22 x 30 inches

“Theresa, Passion Flower of Konnersreuth (also known as the Bloody Virgin), in the throes of her weekly stigmata and visions.”
2002
Pencil and acrylic on paper
9 x 12 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil on paper

“Lidwina of Schiedam, feigning insanity in avoidance of an earthly suitor.”
2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 12 inches

“Ida of Léau, who was denied the chalice because of frenzy.”
2003
Pencil on paper
18 x 24 inches

“Saint Irene, who, as punishment for her piety, was stripped and exposed in a brothel.”
2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 12 inches

Amy Finkbeiner Saints for Girls Pencil, acrylic, and eye shadow on paper

“Saint Humilita, offering thanks to the Child Jesus for his many gifts of suffering; among them, hirsutism.”
2003
Pencil, acrylic, and eye shadow on paper
18 x 24 inches

St. Maria Goretti, Who Endured Nineteen (Some Sources Say Fourteen) Stab Wounds and Two Subsequent Days of Suffering, During Which her Wounds Were Closed Without Anaesthesia, in Defense of Her Virginity.
2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 12 inches