Steven Homestead's 'Saints and Icons' project is a collection of portraits that challenges each of us in perceptions of ourselves, of others, and of those we might oppose. As the number of portraits in the project grows, it will ultimately address and engage people from many spectrums of life as both subjects and viewers. It will ask us to welcome reconciliation and blessing into the lives of others that many of us have most likely never met. The portraits in 'Saints and Icons' invite viewers to consider questions of value and identity. The saint inspired images hopefully open us to thoughts and dialogue on our stance in opposing verses supporting, blessing verses cursing, tearing down verses building up. This is especially important in our current culture, as discourse has become more polarized.