Procession Map
John August Swanson often called PROCESSION a visual lexicon of his work--an artwork that incorporated stories and ideas he spent a lifetime working with.
This interactive map permits you to tap or click on a detail image to see an enhanced view of that image, find the reference, and learn more about other artworks related to it.
The titles and citations are taken from the original Procession Map, which Swanson created as a guide to his painting in 1983 (and then updated in 2007, with the printing of the serigraph). Where specific stories or figures are referenced in Swanson's other artworks, links to those artworks will follow the citation. Artworks listed after the heading Related Artworks, will contain visual allusions to the referenced work, while telling other stories. Where no additional artworks meet either criteria, we have included Other Cultural References.
Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:38-44 and 8:5-9; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13)
Loaves and Fishes (Mixed Media, 1986)
Loaves and Fishes (Sketch)
Loaves and Fishes (Serigraph, 2003)
Jonah and the Big Fish
Jonah 1:17 (Jonah 2:1, in the NABRE)
Jonah (Lithograph, 1983)
Jonah (Painting, 1999)
Detail image from Loaves And Fishes (Serigraph, 2003)
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Daniel (Serigraph, 2000)
Daniel (Etching, 1983)
Daniel in the Lion's Den (Mixed media, 1982)
Daniel in the Lion's Den (Acrylic, 1999)
Jacob's Dream
Dream of Jacob (Serigraph, 1974)
Dream of Jacob (Watercolor, 1984)
Dream of Jacob (Serigraph, 1986)
Related Artworks:
The Jester (Serigraph, 2001)
The Ascent (Giclee, 2014)
David Slays Goliath
David's Battle (1969, Scraffito)
David and Goliath (Watermedia, 1980)
David and Goliath (Serigraph, 2005)
Samson and Delilah
Other Cultural Reference:
Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, by G.F. Handel featuring Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis
The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace
Fiery Furnace (Lithograph, 1982)
Story of Three Young Men (Mixed-media, 1983)
Fiery Furnace Poster (Poster, 2016)
Adam and Eve Banished from the Garden or Eden
Adam And Eve (Sgraffito, 1969)
Detail from Ecclesiastes (Serigraph, 1989)
Detail from A VISIT (Serigraph, 1995)
Adam and Eve (Giclee, 2016)
Abraham and Isaac
Abraham and Isaac (1974, Scraffito)
Abraham and Isaac (1976, Serigraph)
Abraham and Isaac (1976, mixed media painting over a serigraph print)
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark Triptych (Suite of crayon sgraffito paintings) 1969
Building the Ark, The Flood, The Rainbow
Noah's Ark Triptych (Serigraphs) 1974
Building the Ark, The Flood, The Rainbow
Ruth, Boaz, and Naomi with Obed
Story of Ruth (Watercolor sketch, 1989)
Story of Ruth (Serigraph, 1991)
The Miraculous Catch of Fish
Limited edition prints
Fishermen (Serigraph, 1973)
Great Catch (Serigraph, 1993)
Fishermen (Giclee edition, 2021)
Paintings
Fishermen (Scraffito, 1969)
Let Down Your Nets (Watercolor, 1989)
Fishermen (Watercolor, 1989)
Fishermen (Acrylic mural, 1990)
Let Down Your Nets (Acrylic, 1990)
Great Catch (Acrylic, 1992)
Mosaic
Great Catch (Mosaic, 1993)
The Last Supper
Matthew 26:17-29 ; Mark 14:12-25 ; Luke 22: 7-38 ; John 13
The Last Supper (Sketch, 2008)
The Last Supper (Serigraph, 2009)
The Raising of Lazarus
Raising of Lazarus (painting, 1989)
Take Away the Stone (Sketches, 1991)
Take Away the Stone (Painting, 1992)
Take Away the Stone (Painting, 1993)
Raising of Lazarus (Painting, 1994)
Take Away the Stone (Serigraph, 2005)
Gift of Life (from the Gift Triptych suite of Giclee prints, 2018)
"I Was in Prison and You Came to See Me"
Related images:
Detail from Francis and the Wolf (Serigraph, 2002)
Detail from Last Supper (Serigraph, 2009)
Detail from Francis of Assisi (Painting, 2019)
The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3:13-17 ; Mark 1: 9-11 ; Luke 3:21-22 ; John 1:32-34
The River (Acrylic painting, 1986)
The River (Serigraph, 1987)
The River (Mosaic at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Glendale, California, 2012)
The River (Giclee, 2018)
The River (Mural at Ascension Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks, California, 2018)
Mary Magdalene Washes Jesus Feet
Detail from Washing of the Feet (Serigraph, 2000)
Related artworks:
Washing of the Feet (Painting, 1999)
Washing of the Feet 2 (Painting, 1999)
Washing of the Feet 3 (Painting, 1999)
Washing of the Feet (Serigraph, 2000)
Washing of the Feet II (Giclee edition, 2011)
He Washed their Feet (Giclee edition, 2012)
Washing of the Feet (Mural, 2015)
The Flight Into Egypt
Flight into Egypt (Painting, 1988)
Flight into Egypt (sketch, 1989)
Flight into Egypt (Serigraph, 2002)
The Three Kings or Wise Men
The Annunciation
Annunciation (Sketch, 1989)
Annunciation (Sketch, 1992)
Annunciation (Painting, 1992)
A Visit (Serigraph, 1995)
Annunciation (painting, 2017)
Annunciation (Giclee edition, 2017)
The Entry Into Jerusalem
Matthew 21:1-11 ; Luke 19:28-40 ; John 12:12-19
Entry into the City (Linework study, 1990)
Entry into the City (Painting in progress, 1990)
Entry into the City (Acrylic painting, 1990)
Entry into the City in Life Magazine, December 1994
Entry into the City (Acrylic painting, 2011)
Entry into the City (Giclee, 2012)
Pentecost: Descent of the Holy Spirit
A Guardian Angel
Entry in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910) on Guardian Angels
Excerpt from The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1880
St. Paul in Chains
Acts 12:4 ; Acts 21:33 ; Acts 22:29-30
Related artworks:
The Prisoner (Serigraph, 1972)
The Man Who Goes to Jail (Mixed media paints, 1979)
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Foundress of the Missionary Sisters of The Sacred Heart (1850-1917)
St. Michael (in Hebrew: "Who is Like God") the Archangel
Daniel 10:13-21; Jude 9; Revelation 12:7-9
Saint Michael (Mixed media painting, 1980)
Saint Michael (Etching, 1983)
St. Michael and the Archangels (Serigraph, 2006)
Everyman (You and I)
Related images:
Star Mountain (Scratchboard drawing, 1980)
Star Mountain (Mixed-media painting, 1981)
St. Cecilia, Martyr (3rd Century)
Another cultural reference
Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day, by W.H. Auden
St. George, Martyr, Patron and Protector of the Kingdom of England (died c. 303)
St. George (Crayon Sgraffito, 1970)
St. George (Serigraph, 1971)
St. George (Acrylic painting, 1985)
St. George (Poster, 2020)
Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
Short biography of St. Francis
Prayer of St. Francis (Prayer card created for John August Swanson's funeral)
Saint Francis of Assisi (Lithograph, 1985)
Saint Francis of Assisi (Painting, 1999)
Francis and the Wolf (Serigraph, 2002)
Francis and the Birds (Giclee, 2015)
Francis Listens to the Fish (Giclee, 2018)
Canticle of the Sun Suite (Suite of 8 giclee prints, 2020)
Related artworks:
Papageno (Painting, 1986)
Papageno (Serigraph, 2008)
St. Veronica, Early Follower of Christ
This story is remembered as the sixth of the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 Hungary -1231 Germany)
Related images:
Detail from Good Samaritan (Serigraph, 2002)
Detail from Last Supper (Serigraph, 2009)
Detail from Madonna of the Harvest (Serigraph, 2010)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas
Another cultural reference:
Aztec dancers honor the Virgin of Guadalupe