Kaiarichan's avatar
Thank you. It's actually a church I used to pass by every day on my way to school. The thing had never been used in my lifetime and was really almost a shell or shadow of a church with some long-forgotten story hidden among the foliage. It collapsed about a year ago due to some road construction. Paintings and photos and sculptures are almost all that's left of it now. The original painting was sold to a family that had some claim of ownership to it, so when it collapsed, they fashioned a frame for the painting out of the church's actual walls. Though I kind of wish I'd had the painting appraised before I'd sold it; when I had it taken to make prints and mentioned the price, they informed me that I had rather drastically undersold it.
John-Tansey's avatar
Interesting story, the old wood sounds like a very good idea for staying with the theme of this work, very creative of you...