La Sagrada Stained Glass: Autumn Acrylic 24" x 36" $1,000

The basilica was designed by Antonio Gaudi, and begun in 1882. Gaudi and several masons worked on the structure until he was run over by a street tram in 1926. Work progressed slowly until recently; when we visited the basilica in 2012, hundreds of workmen with high-tech equipment were speeding its completion. The columns, towers, vaults, windows and sculpture are based on natural forms, including trees, shells, tortoises and wings. At the time of our visit the stained glass had not been installed. Vila-Grau had won the competition for the stained glass windows, following Gaudi’s guidelines, and installation had begun in 1999. When a fellow artist, Mary Allen, visited the basilica in 2016, she photographed the completed stained glass windows. The four sections bordering the nave express the four seasons through the distribution of color and light. My paintings of the four seasons are based on her photos.