Holy Icon

"Threshold and Grace: Dr. Peško", acrylic on canvas panel, Bishop Maxim, 2025

Dr. Peško stands at the edge where body meets mystery—surgeon, witness, and bearer of the in-between. From the shadowed depths of the operating room, he rises not in escape but in return, marked by the quiet devotion of one who has seen suffering and answered with skill and sacrifice. His face, etched with endurance, reflects not despair but a vocation lived fully. Overhead, a burst of yellow light breaks the gloom—a grace beyond anatomy, a silent benediction. This portraiture is a testament. In his hands, the human becomes luminous.