PAINTING GOD

By Ian K

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The podcast of the Arbor Vitae Icon Painting Academy, exploring the vast and mesmerising world of Byzantine iconography from a Catholic perspective. Ian is an Englishman, a professional icon painter, founder of the Bethlehem Icon School, and author of the Icon Painter's Handbook. He runs the Arbor Vitae Icon Academy from his current home in the Italian Alps. This podcast focuses on all things related to Byzantine iconography, from the spirituality through the theology to the nitty gritty of painting icons. Ian is a practising Roman Catholic, with a degree in theology from Oxford University

Episode Date
Icons and Catholics 4: Icons & statues - getting beyond Byzantium.
Oct 19, 2025
Icons and the Catholic Church 3: Aesthetics meets Ascetics
Oct 12, 2025
Icons and the Catholic Church 2: Liminal Art that Serves the Altar
Oct 05, 2025
Catholics, icons and the loss of the numinous
Sep 28, 2025
Catholic confusion
Nov 15, 2024
Behold I make all things new! The story of a new icon
Oct 25, 2024
The first images of Jesus? A tantalising exploration of some exciting possibilities.
Oct 18, 2024
Icons are all about... Christology!
Oct 11, 2024
Episode 16: Icons: its all in a word.
Sep 20, 2024
Icons, secularism and the Liturgy
Sep 06, 2024
Do Protestant objections to the veneration of images hold water?
Aug 23, 2024
A live open question session based on the recent podcast series
Aug 17, 2024
Should you ever sign an icon? How to avoid the Kubrick - ooops Rupnik! - problem.
Aug 09, 2024
The Genius of the Byzantine Icon
Aug 02, 2024
Orthodox Church or Churches?
Jul 26, 2024
Wipeout: Icons and the loss of the medieval mind
Jul 19, 2024
A medieval mindset
Jul 12, 2024
All about Theodore and how images work
Jul 04, 2024
What is a Byzantine icon? Clarifying some terms
Jun 28, 2024
What makes an icon... a real icon?
Jun 14, 2024
No icons without Rome?
Jun 07, 2024
The Seventh Ecumenical Council: Images and civil war
May 31, 2024
A common faith? Images, Catholic and Orthodox.
May 24, 2024
'Writing' icons? In conversation with George Kordis and Ivan PolvarariPolverari...
May 06, 2024