Grace Zazzaro

05/13/2026

Old Barn Owl “Animals Do Speak”Egg tempera on panel, 11x14

A quiet messenger from the darkened beams of the old world. Painted slowly in layers of pigment, egg, and light, this barn owl emerged as a reminder that the natural world is always communicating through movement, silence, instinct, and presence.

There is wisdom in the gaze of animals if we are willing to listen.

05/05/2026

Please cast your vote for me as the Peoples Artist! ❤️

I Love To Create Art Because It’s An Extension Of My Divine Essence. I Feel It In Each And Every Area Of My Life, It Is Me And It Is You.

04/26/2026

Great drawing visual.
Also applies to Byzantine drawing.

04/17/2026

Icon art and holy images often have cult followings. They are followed by masses and can also be described as Adoration or devotional images/icons. These special images of art hold true to the promise of healing.
I love researching the images and how they have a place in our world.

04/13/2026

Recovering… and returning to the work.

Mixing pigment with binder, I begin again—mapping a new Archangel through steady hands and a strengthening body. Each layer feels like a step back into myself.

Power isn’t rushed. It’s rebuilt.

03/07/2026

There are stories in the Christian tradition that were never really told…

Or maybe they were told in a way that made us comfortable.

Today I’m working on an icon of Mary of Egypt.

Most people only hear one version of her life
the story of sin, repentance, and the desert.

But when you really sit with her story…
you start to realize something deeper.

A woman who walked away from everything.
A woman who confronted herself in the wilderness.
A woman who transformed so completely that even the desert became holy ground.

Icons aren’t just paintings.
They are a doorway into stories that still speak to us.

And sometimes…
they remind us that the truth of a life is much bigger than the version that survived.

02/09/2026

Today and everyday!

02/02/2026

For anyone new here ✨welcome.
This is one of my latest paintings, and it lives very close to my heart.

It’s rooted in the Romanesque tradition, which means the goal was never realism. Romanesque work is about presence quiet strength, tenderness held without excess, figures that feel timeless rather than specific. I’m always thinking about stillness when I paint this way. Not emptiness but that deep, steady calm that stays.

The gold leaf background isn’t decorative for me. It’s a way of removing the scene from ordinary time. Gold doesn’t recede the way color does it holds the surface, reflects light, asks you to slow down. Every time I lay it, I feel like I’m stepping into a different rhythm entirely.

When I’m painting pieces like this, something in me softens. My breath changes. My thoughts get quieter. It’s one of the few places where I feel completely connected to the work, to history, to something much larger than myself.

If you’re someone who’s drawn to iconography, sacred art, or work that’s meant to be lived with rather than just looked at, you’re in the right place. I’m really glad you’re here.

Save this if you want to sit with it longer, or share it with someone who loves this kind of work.

12/21/2025

Pop-up exhibit