More times than I can tell you, I’ve admired this church as I’ve passed by. It looks like it belongs on a knoll, above the bog, in England …cue the fog, please.
But, I’ve never been to England … this is a church on our soil, and it is beautiful and a tad rare with it’s rock structure. Architecturally, I’m not sure of what it would be called: I always think “Early California Mission Realized in Rock”. My ignorance aside, it’s a beautiful church.
I goofed-up and forgot to get a photo of the beginning sketch, so we’ll just move onto the final:
Not a bell tower, I think more a bell arch. Lovely rosette window below, very ancient looking, solid-but-graceful … I love that the rosette window, along with the pointed steeple above it, harkens to the last line of the text: “As faith-based prayers are sent up, the steeple points the way: True North on a spiritual compass rose”. This church epitomizes that statement. I love and revere it.
A detail shot:
Hope you enjoy …
FYI … this painting for sale in my Steeple Project Gallery … 🙂
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