Attempting to portray the Transcendent in images has been practiced for millennia. The methods and materials in painting Christian Orthodox icons are nearly as old. Barbara will present Iconography as a contemplative practice for the painter and viewer. Icons have been cherished for more than a millennia around the world, though for several centuries Iconoclasts destroyed and forbade icons. It is a visual language much like the familiar tradition of Pysanky egg decorating, linking us to the Earth. She will present slides of icons and images, and bring a series of icons she has painted in her ongoing pursuit of this tradition.