Art Beat
A Peek Inside St. Virgil's: Photographer Captures the Beauty of Stained Glass
Thousand-year-old art form continues to provide spiritual inspiration
When Loci Lenar is on the move, he usually packs his camera. That's how he captures so many inspiring photos of religious art, a longtime hobby that he says expresses his strong spiritual beliefs. A series of photographs Lenar shot of the stained glass windows in St. Virgil Roman Catholic Church in Morris Plains displays both his creative eye and the unique play of light and color that has made stained glass a popular art form for over a thousand years. "I'm in a family business," the Mine Hill resident said, speaking of his partnership in the Essex Fence Company in Rockaway. "In my travels, I'll often stop at a church and say a prayer." If he is inspired by the religious art he encounters, "I'll photograph it." Shooting stained glass …
