I've had a fair number of projects to work on the last few months, besides the omnipresent mural (which isn't actually present yet, but more on that later).
"The Great Big Enormous Neverending Wall", or The Wall Book, a collaboration between my brother and myself has been completed in a self-published form, found at Createspace.com.
"The Story of Clifton Thrift" is still a WIP. This was, as some of you know, launched as a birthday/Christmas present for our family members with birthdays in December. Each one got a draft of a chapter (4 of them)and a complete draft on Christmas (with the 5th, final chapter). I've been since working on more illustrations, layouts, revisions, etc. It's turned into a much bigger project than we thought!
There is another project we are collaborating on (or was it two? there might be a book cover lurking in the shadows), plus a few story/illustration projects of my own, but they are in very young stages and I'll be sure to post some content on them when there is something to show. Just know, the wheels never stop turning! I did some practice/concept watercolors in the last week or two that I have posted in my deviantArt gallery here. After doing those (the 5 animal/environment paintings) I got another idea for a story. Yeesh!
Now the church mural has been more than a year in the "thinking" phase. Budgets have been drawn, money approved, but seemingly endless concerns crop up and get in the way. I don't feel 100% confident in moving forward, but if we don't then it'll simply remain as it is now: a really nice idea. I want to order materials, the engineer wants to order materials, so we shall, pretty soon. There are numerous aspects that still haven't been hammered out, but we can do that along the way. I think one thing is certain if we do start: we'll have to finish! I spent some time making a 2D model of what it should look like all put together, using my transfer drawing and changing the wall color from beige to green. The statue of the Risen Christ will be suspended from the ceiling by practically invisible cables, and there may or may not be some physical protection (rail, barrier, plexiglass, barbed wire?) for the lower 2 panels. These last two items I mention are some of the concerns we'll just have to plow through when we get to them. I'm glad I have a savvy engineer on my side.
2 comments:
This is going to be so beautiful in a church. I really hope you continue with it , it is going to be a special visual for people when they pray and help them think about God and beautiful things. A church needs this!
Thank you Christina. :) I'm getting ready for another post on this soon!
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