About the Artist

Margaret Zylla - Biography

Margaret Zylla

            MISSION

MY PURPOSE :  BE THE HAND AND HEART THAT BRINGS BEAUTY TO THE SOUL

 

   "In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art ." 

 

                                                                                                                                                                      Saint John Paul ll                                           

 

                                                                                         Margaret Zylla      

 

 

Beauty of the Sacred, sacred persons, sacred life, sacred creation  inspires  my painting as a  work of love in answering the call from Saint John Paul  II for  artists to serve, with their distinct gift, in the restoration of  Beauty to the Culture of the Church and the world.

 

Current studies include  Iconography with Cecilia Aquallo of the Prosopon School of Iconography, Denver Colorado.

Attended  the 'Art and Architecture for Liturgy' 'Seminars directed by Rev. Dr. Daniel McCarthy of the Institutum Liturgicum, and graced to attend 'Canons of Composition'  under Anthony Visco.

 

 I accept commissions, private lessons, teach Fine Art at The Alvearium School, Boulder Colorado, provide liturgical  art and restoration consultation, statuary restoration.

 

 I serve as an  Iconography retreat mentor in the Denver area.

 

Formerly  from St Cloud, Minnesota  I now live, love and paint in Henderson, Colorado.

 

Two murals were commissioned  and blessed  the people of the Church of St. Augustine’s Brighton, Colorado titled “City of God”, 'Saint Juan Diego. 

Margaret Zylla - Biography