First sketch for painting of Karol Wojtyla rising to heaven helped by Mother Teresa and Padre Pio in a spiral of 469 saints being met by The Virgin Mary with Christ at the gate of heaven, 2005, crayon on Bleedproof Marker Paper (80 gm), 42 x 59 cm
This is the first sketch I did towards a painting I'm planning to paint of John Paul's ascent to the gates of heaven assisted by Mother Teresa and Padre Pio in a spiral of the 469 saints canonised during his Papacy (figures differ according to website). He is being met by the Virgin with the welcoming arms of Christ at the gate itself. In the lower right hand corner is the Angel of the Bullets representing the power said to have deflected the bullets' trajectory at the attempted asassination - I got the number wrong which is why the angel is holding four of these and not two.
I am hoping to complete the work by September and show it soon after at the Gasyard in Derry, Northern Ireland.
The original is for sale
First sketch for painting of Karol Wojtyla rising to heaven helped by Mother Teresa and Padre Pio
crayon on Bleedproof Marker Paper (80 gm), 42 x 59.4 cm
Detail (actual size): John Paul II being met by The Virgin Mary with Christ at The Gate of Heaven, 2005