Saint Vincent's School Murals, Acton The Life & Works of St. Vincent de Paul
With an opportunity to run a community project in the final year an honours degree in humanities, St. Vincent's school was approached with an offer of running a project with key stage 2 pupils. The connection with the school was through my four younger children attending, which allowed me to forge deep and very memorable links with pupils, parents, teachers and staff there. When approached, the school was delighted to be able to have a visual commemorative, which honoured their patron saint.
I have more photos to add, but this is how it appeared after being fixed to the walls opposite the headmaster's office.
Many Thanks to Kevin Gallagher, past headmaster St. Vincents School for encouragement of both myself and the pupils during the project, which ran over the Summer term of 1997. (and for the interesting conversation about representing a halo in 2 dimensions)
My honours research involved visiting churches in Florence, to gain pictorial evidence of portrayals of aspect divine. This is discussed as length in a web book article, entitled 'The Colour of Money' (you may Google it) Fortunately the technological advances in paint manufacturing allows the mimicking on gold leaf! Chromacryl Paints were used, with emulsion.
as with all wooden panel murals shown on this site, the bare wood was primed and the completed works varnished, for durability.
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