I unveiled my new Christmas image today on ShopNBC. It's called Christmas Chapel I, O Come All Ye Faithful, which is the first of my new Christmas Chapel collection, planned for three images.Here are some interesting facts about Christmas Chapel I, O Come All Ye Faithful:
I have placed a total of 25 N's in Christmas Chapel I, O Come All Ye Faithful in tribute to my wife Nanette, as well as in celebration for my 25 years as a published artist.
Did you know that the top five selling Chapel images of all time are: Mountain Chapel, Forest Chapel, Streams of Living Water, Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride and Dogwood Chapel?
Did you know that the top five selling Christmas scenes of all-time are: Holiday Gathering, Village Christmas, Blessings of Christmas, Sunday Evening Sleigh Ride and Lights of Liberty?
In this work, I feature a new technique called "the radiant palette", where I intensify the mid range. This makes the glow more intense and radiant than ever, while the shadows grow darker.
Christmas Chapel I, O Come All Ye Faithful features a country church - with an old-fashioned celebration of Christmas in the country -an intimate gathering of family and friends on Christmas Eve.
This is an classic timeless image of Christmas. My favorite part is the ragged cross on the steeple. I wanted to portray the light of hope that we can have during Christmas. The cross is a symbol of hope.
Christmas Chapel I, O Come All Ye Faithful is a celebration of details, with a Christmas Eve service in progress - the log building glowing with light pouring out. We can tell that people are inside celebrating, with a fire to keep them warm, maybe even singing the hymn,"O Come All Ye Faithful".
2 comments:
Hi Thom! Excellent work as always! My top five "Chapels" are:
Dogwood Chapel
The Aspen Chapel
The Forest Chapel
Streams of Living Water
and
Hometown Chapel
with a special mention for:
Blossom Hill Church
and, of course...
The Mountain Chapel
In case you would be interested, my All-Time Christmas Wish List includes:
Dual Bridge Decks with artwork from "Dogwood Chapel" & "The Aspen Chapel"
So, Blessings to you and your family!
-Bill
Dear Mr. K,
My family adores your work and we keep many of your paintings on display in our home, only one a framed original, with others are in the form of tapestry, on our coffee mugs, and especially on the screen saver of our two computers. I personally, however, am an even bigger fan of the Cape Light novel series, they are such a welcome respite from the usual in-your-face/the-world-is-ending ridiculousness too often found in Christian fiction, as well as the language pollution and all-too-gratuitous sex and violence that permeates contemporary fiction. I can honestly say I do not have a favorite, and reading one each Christmas is like coming home for the holidays. Can't thank you enough for that.
My only issue is this: The Christmas stories now outnumber the regular novels nearly 2 to 1. As much as I love them, it would be terrific to once again read about what's going on in the lives of these paperback friends during the rest of the year. Even if some new stories were centered around a different holiday(Valentine's Day, Fourth Of July, Thanksgiving, perhaps?), that would certainly be welcome. These novels are too enjoyable to bring out only once a year.
That said, I look forward to reading "A Christmas Visitor", . Please don't leave us hanging for too long, sir. You're as fine a storyteller as you are an artist.
Your Friend,
C.T.
;)
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