Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore by Brunelleschi in 1436

So I may be doing one of these kind of things.  It’s too early to be absolute and definite.   There is a Central Florida artist who taught at the University of Central Florida yet retired before I arrived.

This artist has been in negotiations to paint a dome in Pittsburgh.  The measurements are about 14′ in diameter I believe.  The apex 20′ from the ground.

Through the recommendations of his friend and son I met with the artist and will be helping him out if this project goes through.  We will make preparatory designs and models here in Orlando, then eventually travel to Pittsburgh to do the painting.  As he is aging and his back offering difficulties, I myself will get to do a good deal of work.  The design and product will be all his, but this is still quite exciting.  It will offer me an opportunity I probably will never have again, to paint a dome.  It is quite a weird thing.  I wouldn’t ever expect myself to do this kind of project.  I didn’t even really consider people were doing this, being a dome and not merely mural- it makes me always think of Renaissance artists.

Hope it works out.