Package of 5 greeting Cards with envelopes

5.5 x 4"

Gothic cathedrals mesmerize with complication and confounding detail; and through the act of drawing or painting them, one is slightly more able to understand their structure and design. Their multiple spires, mass, and ability to make one crane their necks to the sky in pure and confused awe remind me of an old growth forest, and they are even similar in age - Cologne Cathedral was started in 1248. (Tackling this sort of subject matter is a huge undertaking, but working through it I reminded myself of the thousands of workers and hundreds of years to build it in stone, so no complaining.) When we were there, a violent thunderstorm blew through and whipped up a sinister sky, but there was no light to work with, so the next day I took further reference photos and created a sky to hint at a coming storm and to form a counterpoint to the solidity of the forest of stone.