![]() Deeply disturbed by the killings, he hoped it might function as a healing image for members of the community. William Hart McNichols, “Elijah McClain,” acrylic on wood, 2020įollowing the murder of 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, Father Bill sent his icon of Santa Rosa of Lima, patroness of the Americas, to the Catholic parish of Saint Rose in Newtown. The red buttons signify his terrible death, red being the color of the martyrs. It’s just 8 by 10 inches so it only took me about a week to complete.” The result is a tribute to “a very gifted, talented and beautiful soul.” Father Bill added light around his head and a golden-coloured shirt to echo scripture’s prophetic words about the chosen ones of God. “A friend of showed me his photograph and, as soon as I saw it, I thought ‘Oh my God! I have to do him.’ Technically it is an image since he’s not canonised. But Father Bill didn’t feel called in quite the same way as he was to paint Elijah McClain, a young black man who died in police custody in Colorado in 2019. Perhaps not surprisingly, there have been calls for Father Bill to create images of George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American killed during an arrest in Minneapolis, or of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old African American medical technician fatally shot by police officers in Louisville. They include over 80 portraits of the Mother and Child, icons of the ancient saints of history, and images of more contemporary figures who have often paid with their lives because of who they were or what they stood up for. Trained by the Russian-American master, Brother Robert Lentz, O.F.M., Father Bill has produced more than 300 mystical works of art, noted for their vivid hues and broad range of subjects. I’m trying to cause a metanoia or change of heart in the person looking at them.” “They’re really imploring and begging for compassion. ![]() “People often say icons seem sad to them but they’re not,” he points out. Now his icons and sacred images are commissioned by individuals, families, and churches across the globe. It’s been said that the vocation of an artist is to send light into the human heart and, over the course of 30 years, Father Bill has done just that, emerging as a leading international figure in his field. A.N.I.“There’s a childlike awe in being called to create along with the Holy Spirit,” explains Father William Hart McNichols as he works away in his “messy studio” in the New Mexican city of Albuquerque where he also serves as a priest for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.ROESTENBURG & ASSOCIATES LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY A JEWELL GAS ENGINEER LTD, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.A B (FOLDING) ROLLERS LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTS, SG4 0TY.LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, SG4 0TY.902 JEFFERSON LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.666 CLUB LIMITED, INVISION HOUSE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.5AB PROPERTIES LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.5AB HOLDINGS LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.5AB CARE LTD, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.2BH PROPERTIES LTD, 69 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.1800 BAYSHORE LTD, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTS, SG4 0TY.1469 LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.139A GHR LIMITED, 71 KNOWL PIECE, WILBURY WAY, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0TY.Last annual return made on: (n/a) Next annual return due by: 11 January 2020 Confirmation statementConfirmation statement last made on: 5 February 2022 Confirmation statement next due by: 19 February 2023 ChargesNumber of charges registered: 1 (of which 1 outstanding 0 part satisfied 0 satisfied) (SIC, Standard Industrial Classification code)ĪccountsAccounts category: TOTAL EXEMPTION FULLĪccounts last made up to: 31 December 2020 Accounts next due by: 31 December 2022 Service address: 71, Knowl Piece, Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0TYĪppointed: 17 February 2019 RESIGNED: 7 March 2019Īppointed: 14 December 2018 RESIGNED: 1 September 2022 Nationality: British Occupation: Director
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