Here is the black and white image of the skylight.  The center is St. Francis in Contemplation.   Around the outer border is The Canticle of the Sun, an important poem by St. Francis of Assisi.  The four center areas are, from the top left clockwise, Culture and Diversity, Applied Ethical Reasoning, The Franciscan Vision, Self, Service, and Society, and Journey to Selfhood. 

Next I will have it scanned and copied at 100%.  They I'll have it enlared 10 and 20 %.  That copy I will use to create a cartoon to begin producing this in glass.   I'll also have it digitally imaged at a high resolution.

The original will next be filled in with full color in colored inks and watercolor, then framed.

I was on retreat all last week and admired the beauty of nature, the changing color of leaves on the trees.  The trees reflecting on the water, and the splendor or earth's bounty.  Here are some paintings that I completed today.   Ideas and colors for the Castle skylight.

Brother Sun/ Canticle of the Sun

                                                          
 

Yesterday there was an article on the front page of the New Jersey Bergen Record newspaper.  It was about the Castle and my skylight!  Here is a link to the article:

Nun's art will be crowning glory on castle renovations