Andrea Maglio-Macullar is a Catholic artist whose religious
art has appeared in many venues, including publications by Loyola Press and Our
Sunday Visitor. Her art is bright, colorful, and eye-catching. Many of her
pieces have a stained-glass quality to them which makes them very appealing.
Maglio-Macullar has been drawing since she was a young
child. It was something she always loved, but it wasn’t until high school that
she began a formal study of the subject and received an award for Excellence in
Art. She then went on to study at Northeastern University, Montserrat College
of Art, and the DeCordova Museum School.
A cradle-Catholic, faith has always been an important part
of this artist’s life. While she has painted many subjects, for the past eight
years she has focused on religious art. Maglio-Macullar states, “. I found
there was never so much joy at painting as to paint Jesus, Our Blessed Mother,
The Saints or stories from the Bible. This made me think of something my
dad, an Ordained Permanent Deacon told me. He said that there was never so much
heightened consolation as when he was doing God's work. I could understand
this. I felt this way when I would paint Religious themes.”
A project that is especially close to her heart is a series
she did on the mysteries of the rosary. She prays the rosary every day and was
inspired to create images for all twenty mysteries over the course of several
weeks. Our Sunday Visitor used these images in a booklet about the rosary for
children.
She then began to think of other ways to use these images. She
created a poster with them, and they were almost used in a game created by
another individual. When that project fell through, she thought that she might
use them for that purpose as well – as an educational tool to help children
learn about the rosary. She and her sister collaborated on the project. “We
created it as a board game, but then again found no one that would publish it
for us. Then one day I was watching some of my nieces and nephews playing their
little hand held video games and thought this would be a great way for children
to learn about their faith. So I looked for some time to find someone to
make it into an electronic game for a reasonable price. That is how it became a
game for iPad, iPhone and iPod, and is now available on cd for people to play
on their pc.”
The “Blessed Mother Rosary Game” is available on iTunes.
To order the cd of the game or to view other examples of Maglio-Macullar’s
beautiful art, please visit her website at www.andsart.weebly.com.
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