About the Work
Sacred art has never been primarily about expression or decoration. Within the Church’s tradition, it has functioned as a form of visual theology, shaping how the faith is first encountered, received, and remembered.
Before belief is articulated, it is perceived. Before doctrine is explained, it is encountered. Sacred art gives form to this encounter by translating theology, tradition, and sacramental life into image, light, and presence. In doing so, it prepares the imagination to receive what the Church proclaims.
I understand sacred art as a responsibility rather than a preference. It carries consequences for how God is perceived, how prayer becomes possible, and how the faith is inhabited over time. When beauty is neglected or treated as optional, belief becomes harder to sustain. When it is taken seriously, the Church’s witness regains coherence.
My work exists to steward the Church’s visual language with clarity and fidelity, creating sacred works that support encounter before explanation and serve the Church across generations.
- Michael
Biography
Michael Corsini is a Catholic sacred artist whose work is ordered toward the Church’s mission of evangelization through beauty. He creates permanent sacred commissions for churches and dioceses, working in oil on canvas and digital media, with an emphasis on clarity, light, and theological coherence.
His formation includes formal studies at the Ringling School of Art and Design, sustained engagement with museum collections, and long term study of the Church’s artistic and theological tradition. His work is situated within the figurative painting lineage, drawing from artists whose mastery of light, structure, and interior life shaped modern sacred and religious painting.
Among these influences are painters such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Alphonse Mucha, Carl von Marr, and Nicolai Fechin, as well as Russian masters including Isaac Levitan and Ilya Repin. Their attention to form, atmosphere, and the expressive potential of light informs Corsini’s approach, not as stylistic imitation, but as a disciplined inheritance.
Corsini understands sacred art as visual theology. His practice is informed by the conviction that belief is encountered before it is explained, and that the imagination must be formed if faith is to be sustained. For this reason, his work is not approached as personal expression, but as a responsibility toward the Church’s visual language and pastoral life.
Each commission is developed through theological discernment, collaboration with clergy and leadership, and careful integration into the worship space. These works are conceived as formation projects rather than decorative objects, intended to support prayer, reverence, and continuity across generations.
Michael’s role is not to assert an individual voice, but to steward what has been entrusted. Through sacred art grounded in theology, tradition, and light, his work seeks to restore visual coherence to the Church’s witness so that encounter with God becomes possible again.
“In beautiful things, God is known not only by reason but by delight.”
— Saint Bonaventure, Commentary on the Sentences