Shayne Swenson Icons ☦︎
@ShayneSwenson
☦︎ Iconographer, Oil Painter, Tattooer, BJJ, Being Normal Enthusiast™️, Husband of 1, Father of 5(commissions closed through 2026)
This is a mural/roundel of St Sebastian Dabovic that I added to the N wall of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte, MT. St Sebastian is the founder of this parish and he is holding the church as it looks today. Always a blessing to be involved with a historic location.
…behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.-2 Kings 2:11 *St Prophet Elijah icon I was commissioned to painted around 2014ish
Did you try squinting at a rock inside an old hat for clarification?
I asked God if Joseph Smith was a true prophet and, through the Scriptures, God told me "lol, of course not."
I completed part of a large Annunciation mural at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church this week. This mural is about 25ft up on the underside of the north pendentive/drum.
Burning Bush mural from a section of the inner narthex of an Antiochian parish I am currently working on. This section was completed back in April.
The amount of vile, dismissive, and caustic things that so many of these Protestant/Evangelicals say about the mother of Jesus Christ is genuinely disturbing. I guess we can keep saying “they know not what they do”, but I cannot call anyone “brother” who believes such things.
Fun fact: I know a guy who was a personal assistant/stenographer for the Warrens who is now an Orthodox priest. He said this doll is legit cursed and has many stories of other crazy stuff happening. Check out this podcast with the above priest-youtu.be/qulUftpsFjc?si…
🇺🇸 GHOST HUNTER DIES SUDDENLY WHILE TOURING WITH 'POSSESSED' ANNABELLE DOLL Dan Rivera, 54, was found unresponsive in Gettysburg hotel after removing the infamous doll from its sealed case for his "Devils on the Run" tour. The Warrens kept Annabelle locked up for decades,…
I had a dream last nite we got a puppy. I already have 2 GSD’s(whom I like most of the time, in spite of my lifelong disdain/ambivalence towards dogs). What mean?
Several years ago some loonbag older man(maybe 50’s)followed my family and I around a bougie mall we were in. He proceeded to stare me down and square up with me multiple times, totally unprovoked. The reasons why he did all this still remain a mystery to us to this day.…
A thief attempts to stalk and rob a BJJ Black Belt. It goes as well as you would think 😂
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I’ve been a professional tattoo artist for over 20yrs & almost everyone from my generation will tell you that the mainstreaming of tattooing has resulted in its commoditization. It’s not going anywhere for now, but I welcome this disdain(even though I laugh at people like this).
Tattoos are ugly on women. No exceptions.
Here’s a video and narration explaining some of the iconography I’ve painted here the last 3 weeks at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church.