Galleria Marcello   |   home About the Artist   |   Galleries   |   Blackrobe's Love Letters   |   Christus St. Patrick's Centennial Commission   |   Contact Me About the Artist Charles Christopher Marcello For over 16 years now, I have worked as a full-time visual artist. My paintings have been exhibited and collected in such places as   New York, Washington DC, Houston, Minneapolis, an throughout Louisiana, where I currently reside. The National Catholic Reporter featured a cover story about the collaboration of my art with poems by my late brother, Leo Luke Marcello, based on the life and mission of Saint Katharine Drexel.  My painting entitled Emma's Dream graced the front cover, and there were a number of reproductions as well as poems included in the article. In 2008, Christus St. Patrick's Hospital celebrated their 100th anniversary, and I was  commissioned to paint 5 canvases based on their core values. I used biblical passages to interpret  Dignity, Intergrity, Compassion, Excellence, and Stewardship. The originals hang in the Christus St. Patrick's hospital  in Lake Charles,  and there eventually will be prints of them place in all the ChristusHealthcare facilities in the US and Mexico. I continue to work on several series including The Effects of Color on Travel, based on a nine-week journey throughout Europe and North Africa. I knew then that my interpretation would never be the same after experiencing the light, color, and landscape of these places.