After almost a year of preparation by the parish at St. Rose of Lima, I am set to begin a new mural with great anticipation. My previous adventure with Fr. Borean at St. Clare of Assisi parish in Woodbridge has produced fruit! Last year I had the pleasure to meet Deacon Anthony Teresi from SRofL who had seen the mural at St. Clare and was very excited to involve me in his plans to renovate and revitalize the interior of SRofL with a depiction of the Pentecost. The moment I met with him and his wife I realized how important this was not only for the community but for Anthony who had been member of the church for over 30 years. During those years he witnessed many changes aesthetically and culturally. The time had come to clean house... I mean "church".
This time around I will be painting a copy or shall we say pay tribute to an artist who I think has painted the most dramatic interpretation of the feast at Pentecost. His name is Jean II Restout (1692 - 1768) and I don't really know much more than the fact that he was of the rococo art period. A period in which painting, sculpture and architecture captured elegance, graceful movement and asymmetrical designs.
Its' going to big! I don't have exact measurements yet but it's around the 35x60 feet mark. Here is the painting that will tower behind the altar... it is called Pentecost, an oil on canvas painted in 1732.
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