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Christ Pantocrator work at OLPH Abq., NM


I recently did some patch up work at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church on the Large Christ Pantocrator that is on the ceiling. This is a short explanation of the work that I did.

This is not a Fresco as the original icon was written on a canvas by my mentor and then glued to the ceiling. The blue circles around Christ are to emulate a dome.

The work I was doing over a four day period was re-painting the lighter blue circle and add a red ring. Outside of the red ring are the words to Psalm 102:20.

I used a traditional egg tempra technique to stay in line with "Traditional" Iconography.
Original Boarder
Original Boarder		 Initial View of Icon
Initial View of Icon		 Rabbit Glue and Gesso
Rabbit Glue and Gesso		 More Gesso
More Gesso
Prepared ceiling
Prepared ceiling		 Prepared
Prepared		 Color test patch
Color test patch		 Raw, Pealed egg
Raw, Pealed egg
Adding color
Adding color		 Starting Lettering
Starting Lettering		 No time left
No time left		 pantocrator_001.jpg
pantocrator_001.jpg

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