St. Francis Borgia receives award-winning artist’s painting
BY CAROL FRENCH, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC
Parishioners and visitors to St. Francis Borgia Parish in Sturgis may have noticed this 4’x6’ picture in the parish hall. It came to us from Sacred Heart Parish in Lebanon, New Hampshire. On my recent trip to visit my brother Eddie in Grantham, N.H., we took a tour of Sacred Heart Parish to see their renovations. This picture was in the basement of the church and was not going to be displayed any longer, so we approached the pastor, Fr. Charles Pawlowski, about bringing it to our parish. With some negotiating and logistics to be worked out, Fr. Pawlowski happily agreed. When Eddie came home to Kentucky in October, he brought us the picture. The plan is to hang it in our parish hall after the parish hall has been repainted. The painting was done by Rob Surette at a performance at Sacred Heart in 1999, when he was 28. According to Surette’s website, (amazingheroart.com) the 43-year-old speed painter comes from a devout Catholic family and has been featured on “The Today Show,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Good Morning America”; holds several Guinness World Records; and has attained master fine artist status for Disney, Star Wars, Pixar and Muppets.
Carol French belongs to St. Francis Borgia Parish in Sturgis.
Originally printed in the March 2021 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.