Reflections on Medieval Pittsburgh I was going to wait until I had finished a new painting before posting, but didn’t want to lose my thoughts. I think more people got to see my work because of this show than any of my previous shows. I think hundreds of people came through- maybe 500 people- which…
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Scripture, Illuminated with Pittsburgh
Psalm 1: 1-3 Making this piece there was several things I wanted to do: First, I wanted to honor and meditate on this piece of scripture. Second, I wanted to stylistically circle back to a chunkier, darker style as part of this medieval show. Last, I wanted to make sure I captured a range of…
Medieval Life on the Isle of Pittsburgh
Built off of medieval maps and a follow up to my Mappa Mundi, this responds to the Catalan Atlas from 1375: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Atlas I wanted to create a sense of modern Pittsburgh as medieval, so I included some modern buildings that looked medieval, some modern buildings adjusted to be made medieval (downtown), some medieval buildings providing…
Nathan Van Patter's Art 