This work by Paul Newton is the only piece in the collection that is not an original. The original work was completed as oil on canvas and is 3 feet wide by 7.5 feet tall. The original is one of 32 pieces that Paul was commissioned to create for the Domus Australia Chapel in Rome. It hung in the Vatican during Mother Teresa's canonization ceremony. This giclee is the only other image in existence of the original work and the Museum has special permission from the artist and the Chapel to display it. Paul chose to depict Mother where she could be found most often throughout her ministry ... in one of her houses, visiting and giving solace to the dying.
In his search for artists to contribute to his collection, Ramesh reached out to Paul on social media because he had heard that Paul had already created a work with Mother Teresa as its focus. Ramesh had no idea that Paul's "work" was tied to Mother's canonization ceremony nor that Paul had such a weighty commission. Paul's response was that he would like to participate in the collection but simply could not devote the time ... understandable since he was only partway through the 32 paintings he had been asked to create. Instead, he asked permission to have the image digitized and printed in smaller dimensions and sent to the Museum.
Paul, born in 1961, lives in Sydney, Australia. He received a B.S. from the University of Sydney in 1982 and graduated from the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney in 1987. He is a world-renowned and award-winning portrait artist. His commissioned work hangs in numerous government offices, corporate buildings, hospitals and galleries throughout the world. He was recently commissioned to create 32 works of art to be hung in the Domus Australia Chapel in Rome, a task which took him 5 years. He completed the 32nd one in September 2016 depicting Pope St. John Paul II.
In his search for artists to contribute to his collection, Ramesh reached out to Paul on social media because he had heard that Paul had already created a work with Mother Teresa as its focus. Ramesh had no idea that Paul's "work" was tied to Mother's canonization ceremony nor that Paul had such a weighty commission. Paul's response was that he would like to participate in the collection but simply could not devote the time ... understandable since he was only partway through the 32 paintings he had been asked to create. Instead, he asked permission to have the image digitized and printed in smaller dimensions and sent to the Museum.
Paul, born in 1961, lives in Sydney, Australia. He received a B.S. from the University of Sydney in 1982 and graduated from the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney in 1987. He is a world-renowned and award-winning portrait artist. His commissioned work hangs in numerous government offices, corporate buildings, hospitals and galleries throughout the world. He was recently commissioned to create 32 works of art to be hung in the Domus Australia Chapel in Rome, a task which took him 5 years. He completed the 32nd one in September 2016 depicting Pope St. John Paul II.
