Actual Wall Painting of “I am the Vine”

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In my previous post I mention that I had completed a wall painting for the education room of Trinity Cathedral in Little Rock.  These are  photographs of the actual wall.

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“I am the Vine”

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This is my painted model for a wall mural that  I recently completed  in Mitchell  House of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock.  I was asked to paint this on the wall.  Someone else had previously written on the wall ” I am the Vine, You are the Branches'”  from the scriptures, John 15: 5.

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A Fall Landscape

This painting was done in oil and I had to wait 6 months before I could varnish it, so it did not get posted in the fall of 2016.  The rocks were painted quite heavily and I was afraid that the oil would crack if I varnished too early.  Many artists believe that you can varnish after one month, and I have done this, too, but only if the paint film is not heavy.