Madonna with Cross and Dagger painting by Chris Shaw Oil on Panel Another image from the Naked Madonna series, this one incorporating a knife and copper gilt cross with applique crystals and jewels.  Painted in oil, it incorporates subtle glazing in a post-cubist composition.  

Madonna Yellow (2000) painting by Chris Shaw Acrylic on Panel This classic Naked Madonna’s composition is based on a Masonic compass and square, while the figure is a loose portrait.  Most of the Madonnas in this series were loose portraits of anonymous women in cafes, drawn while I toured Europe doing poster shows.  The halo […]

Madonna Red Crying painting by Chris Shaw