Ruined Archangel

Finished this new print in time for the Halloween art show at the Flat Iron Arts Building. This one is called “Ruined Archangel”. This old church is an ruined village in the mountains on a island called Kefalonia in Greece. The earthquake in 1953 destroyed the old village and most of the houses and this church were abandoned and the village moved about a half kilometer down the mountain.  This church was the named after the Archangel Michael and some of the elderly villages will still put lit candles in the little alcove outside the church. 

I left the image is intentionally left dark to give the print the abandoned and a sad feeling that nothing is their now that the church is near completely overgrown. The gorgeous sunset is a stark juxtaposition to the old church and feel the contrast. The leading lines of the retaining wall at the bottom and the mountains in the background are all supposed to draw your eye back to the old decaying church and leave you emotionally attached to the church. The image is also scaled to 16×9 to give it a wide screen feel.

Shot August 2019

Print Numbers:

1 is a 11 x 19 image

2 is a 18 x 21 image

3 is a 16 x 28 image that is currently hanging at the the Flat Iron