How Does Marble Falls Priest Makes Mosaic Art An Integral Part Of His Spiritual Life?
The cases of empty Shiner beer bottles are stacked in the Rev. Jairo López’s garage. The trash from someone’s party is now treasured material — he will hand cut the glass bottles into small pieces that he will use for his art. Perhaps it will be used in a large image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron saint, that will grace a church wall or maybe a peacock that will brighten a porch. López, 42, is a mosaic artist who creates images by assembling small pieces of colored glass or tile. In Marble Falls, his work can be found in his St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and on Main Street. In Horseshoe Bay, it is on display in the home of Cheryl Klein. “I’ve seen it,” Klein’s friend, Don Reed, said of a piece called “Son of Suns,” a brilliant sun shining down on a field of sunflowers. “It will just take your breath away. It’s just gorgeous.” In Austin, his work is on display at the Chancery chapel at the Catholic Diocese of Austin. The Woodland Garden at the Lady Bird Johnson Wild
The cases of empty Shiner beer bottles are stacked in the Rev. Jairo López’s garage. The trash from someone’s party is now treasured material — he will hand cut the glass bottles into small pieces that he will use for his art. Perhaps it will be used in a large image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico’s patron saint, that will grace a church wall or maybe a peacock that will brighten a porch. López, 42, is a mosaic artist who creates images by assembling small pieces of colored glass or tile. In Marble Falls, his work can be found in his St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and on Main Street. In Horseshoe Bay, it is on display in the home of Cheryl Klein. “I’ve seen it,” Klein’s friend, Don Reed, said of a piece called “Son of Suns,” a brilliant sun shining down on a field of sunflowers. “It will just take your breath away. It’s just gorgeous.” In Austin, his work is on display at the Chancery chapel at the Catholic Diocese of Austin. The Woodland Garden at the Lady Bird Johnson Wild
