Tuesday, September 3, 2013

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


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Jesus retouched


Today I retouched Jesus' face and hand, trying to get a better likeness of Byron's features into them.

Not much remains to be done on the figures at the main table.Judas' left arm and (?) his smartphone haven't been fleshed out, and Roscoe's Hawaiian shorts and shins need to be finished, and there'll be more food for some spots on the table that look too empty.

In the other scenes there are still a few more figures to add and quite a bit of finishing, especially in the the volunteer scene and the small 'mirror panels' under the main scene. And I'd like to add more life in the scenes out the windows.

Not all will be done by Saturday, no matter, the painting looks finished, and I'll pick up the rest in the couple of weeks after


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Some birds, and now with added Darryl


Darryl


a chooklike thing



Some hams , and turkey



the main panel - still not enough food


a detail from one of the same panels underneath - a view of the cafe



The drop-in side panel

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

latest version


almost the latest version, I've added some fruit since



 Judas(me), Peter(Sue) and John(Grace)



 Thomas (Nick), James the elder(Uncle James), and Philip(Scotty)