The Episcopal priest hunches over a worn wooden table at the front of the church. She scrutinizes her masterpiece — God’s masterpiece, she says — and is calm but careful as she fills in razor-thin “kitty whisker lines” on a piece of art that looks finished to the untrained eye.
But the icon, which is a painted scene from Scripture, is not finished, and it’s much more than art. It’s a way to have a one-on-one conversation with God, if you ask the Rev. Elizabeth Lilly.
Lilly’s friends and family consider her an unfinished icon, made up of strokes of faith and resilience.
Incredibly beautiful, inspired work.