Roscoe's legs, Hilary's lamingtons

 

Hilary and frosted lamingtons. Having put a topcoat on Roscoe's legs not too much remains to be done in the main image, more food and a bit more detail in the 'I have a dream' foreground are what spring to mind. A few retouches to whatever irritates me at that point. Perhaps a superthin and faintly rosy glaze on the walls

 

Ross(and his new legs) with Hilary and John

 

The last supper with the mirror panels beneath

 

 The whole main panel

 

Geit Jing a little further defined with Scott, Garth, Paul and Steve as (Simon)the zealot

 

Half of the composition

The volunteer panel - more food needed here as well. The figure with the blue back will be replaced with someone else. Still a few more people should be squeezed in

Adding a couple more figures

 

 Geit Jing and Steve

More figures in the oz harvest back door scene.

oz harvest retouches

Crawling towards the finish line

 

Kevi, Kathy, Ross and Donna with some of the other volunteers

 

Steve, who was a bit reluctant to get in the frame

The volunteer panel at the end of the week

Vacuum cleaner man, and the band

 

 

Steve with the Vacuum cleaner quartet ;)

There's still a couple of figures to fit, which might start to get tricky - though there's still some space in the sky carpark/oz harvest delivery, and I can lose the blue figure above Steve

Steve and Donna

 

Donna and Ross

 

Steve

 

A closer view of Steve

 

Volunteer panel as it is now

The mock-up from this morning

Nearly there, end of another week

 

 The mirror panels are starting to look a lot more finished

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mirrors

 

 Susie and some others in a detail from the far south mirror

 

 The whole panel - still a bit sparse

 

A whole bunch of people including Mick(seated far left), three volunteers whose names I have mislaid somewhere in the miasma of my mind, Nathan(white cap) and Ash at the far right

The Inner West Courier came in yesterday and took some photos with Brian and I and half of the apostles, which should appear in the next edition which appears on Tuesday 17 September. So keep an eye out for that

Volunteers: the Convergers

 

John - the apostle Andrew - and Steve with the girls from Converger in front of the mural

6 september : more progress to report

 

The 3 amigos - sorry, names draw blanks right now

 

John and Vivien and a bunch of other people

 

 The whole panel

 

big smile!

 

Harry etc

 

 The beginnings of Judas' other arm and phone

 

 

 

 

 Nick, and Sarah Cohen

Mirror detail - work in progress

John, two absent friends(whose names I have forgotten, and Vivien.

These scenes still seem a bit empty so I'll add a few more figures, and food as I go

I have a Dream - the face of Jesus, Grace - all the latest painting

The opening came and went and ... the main scene is almost done. My left arm and mobile phone are incomplete and Roscoe's shins need finishing, and he also has a growth - remains of a fan - growing out of his head which must be removed.

But some of the other scenes are less finished - still a few people I've missed and want to include, and quite a lot of finishing on the figures especially.

Most of the furniture came off the stage for the launch, so  here are photos of almost everything. Maybe when it's really finished we can have another opening

 

 

Byron as Jesus.

I have a dream!

The Martin Luther King mural on King St Newtown, with Andrew's face and hand(played by John)

 

 John beautifully portrayed by Grace.

 

 Jesus, James the elder,and Thomas' hands.

 

Judas(me) and Peter(Sue).

Watch out for the knife!

 

Jude (Paul) queries Simon the Zealot (Steve Jarman)

(Hope he's not being naughty).

 

Taken aback - Jude played by Paul .

 

 Bartholemew (Ross) and James Alpheus (Hilary).

 

The sandwich hand of Jesus;)

 

Philip (Scotty) and Matthew (Garth), all at sea with a lot of hands and a turkey.

 

Nick as Thomas, Uncle James as James the elder, and Scotty as Philip .

 

Pastor Brian welcomes Marty and the rest of the guests.

 

 

Pastor Brian Unterrheiner.

 

A few more wider views of the main scene

 

 

 

 

 The people's corner with Marty and Pastor Brian and Bartholemew to Peter - and a piano

 

The crowd in the people's corner

 

Jemma in the foreground

 

 Katie with her and Byron's terrier Lala

 

 Rip, Yvonne, Jarrod, ?, Scott, and Len

 

Uncle George in his Rabbitohs cap, with Lala and one of the Paint Children behind him.

 

 The far-north mirror panel.

 

 

The mid north mirror.

Harry and others in a detail from it.

 

The mid-south panel and a close-up

 

Another detail from the mid-south. I can see Nathan in the background. As I work back over the pictures I'll add more names - some I think I know but I don't want to get them wrong

 

The far-south mirror with a detail

 

Philip to Simon Zealot, Geit Jing, and the volunteer kitchen panel

 

 The volunteer panel.

 

Ash playing drums

 

?, Meg and Ash in the church band

  

The guitar player and Meg

 

 

Ross and fishing in the kitchen - well I guess it could be washing up

 

The Oz harvest van, ?, and Brittany.

 

Brittany, ?, Adam and ?

Kevin and Kathy in the kitchen .

 

Another kitchen scene with vacuum cleaner man