The relief sculptures in wood are meditations on light and shadow, where each incision becomes a line of prayer and every contour a reflection of divine presence.
The Annunciation Montreal, 1984
Wood relief
200 × 100 cm
Saint Nicholas Tavelić Church
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fra Jaki’s reliefs embody a spiritual intimacy — the tactile surface of the wood retains its organic soul, while the artist’s hand inscribes faith into its very fibers.
Saint Nikola Tavelić, 1985
Wood
368 × 75 cm
Saint Nicholas Tavelić
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Processional Crucifix (Kaljsko), 1993
Wood
250 cm (Corpus Christi 100 cm)
Church of Saint Lawrence the Martyr
Kali, Ugljan, Croatia
The Birth, Mary and Elizabeth, Atonement, 1984
Wood relief
200 × 100 cm
Saint Nicholas Tavelić Church
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Altar New York, 1983
Wood relief
142 × 60 cm
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Saint Raphael
New York City, United States
Apocalypse, 1983
Wood relief
800 × 200 cm
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Saint Raphael
New York City, United States
Angel, 1986
Wood relief
36 × 31 cm
Saint Nicholas Tavelić Church
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Saint Nicholas, 1995
Wood
126 × 50 cm
Zadar, Croatia
Private collection
Olive Crucifix, 1996
Wood
40 cm
Hvar, Hrvatska
Private collection
Reconciliation and The Prodigal Son Kitchener, 1987
Wood relief
153 × 65 cm
Holy Family Croatian Roman Catholic Parish
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Through the medium of wood, Fra Jaki expresses the sacred in the most organic way — his figures breathe with quiet devotion, their simplicity echoing monastic life and timeless spiritual truths.
Salvation, 1983
Wood relief
300 × 200 cm
Church of Saint Kilian
Wiesbaden, Germany
Salvation of the World, 1983
Wood relief
300 × 200 cm
Church of Saint Kilian
Wiesbaden, Germany
People Who Walked in Darkness, 1985
Wood relief
300 × 200 cm
Church of Saint Kilian
Wiesbaden, Germany
The Founders of Holy Orders, 1985
Wood relief
300 × 200 cm
Church of Saint Kilian
Wiesbaden, Germany
Way of the Cross, 1976
Wood relief
250 × 46 cm
Franciscan Monastery of Our Lady of Grace
Hvar, Croatia
The Last Supper, 1986
Wood relief
300 × 150 cm
General Curia of the Third Order Regular
Rome, Italy
The Sower II, 1986
Wood relief
100 × 40 cm
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Saint Raphael
New York City, United States
In his wood sculptures, Jaki reveals the warmth and humility of the material itself — carving with a reverence that transforms simple timber into spiritual reflection and timeless form.
Saint Leopold Mandić the Confessor, and Merciful Father,
Wood relief
80 × 20 cm
Franciscan Monastery of Our Lady of Grace
Hvar, Croatia
Christ and Pilate, 1998
Wood relief
60 × 45 cm
Herzegovina
Private collection
