The Keys to the Kingdom: a verre eglomise
with collaged shadow wall. a work in progress.
24x36"
This used to be the "Big Spender" a verre eglomise of The Banarettes working the Gloucester City Hall Building Preservation Fundraiser. It is one of the paintings that I used as a demonstration piece last month at The Cape Ann Museum. a pic of work before I took the razor blade to the glass can be found on my artblog http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com. Slowly the dancing women of Big Spender morphed in these keys. The work is ready to go to the easel. a bit of refinement, ready to frame and ship.
this article about the case against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia set me to work.
I've focused a lot of my Schlueter research on his work at St. Luke's, the Farm at West Cornwall, The Oblates of Calvary and his association with Father Huntington. The article against the archdiocese reminded me that St. Luke's was part of Trinity Parish when Schlueter arrived. Trinity owned the tenement houses where I assume my family lived under the protection, assistance of Schlueter. Schlueter/Trinity (where the historical files are kept)...have there been sexual abuse allegations within the Trinity Parish?
a google search brought me first to this.
OSVALDO v. RECTOR CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK
OSVALDO D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The RECTOR CHURCH WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF THE PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants-Respondents, Seaman's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, et al., Defendants.
-- March 29, 2007
"Summary judgment was properly awarded on these claims, notwithstanding plaintiff's allegations regarding missing records, which are unsubstantiated and unsupported by the record."
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ny-supreme-court-appellate-division/1382000.html
i've been wondering about Schlueter's papers and how much they have been steam cleaned. Huntington warned Schlueter not to commit much to writing..
lost papers, loose papers. His journal is falling apart. back to the keys.
best,
deb.
