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Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Glass ORBits - Contemporary Art Glass Marbles and Other Art Glass For Sale! >> Kevin O'Grady Marbles, Pendants & Bracelets For Sale >> #124: "Mission San Juan Bautista" Size: 2.68" Price: $960 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

#124: "Mission San Juan Bautista" Size: 2.68" Price: $960


This is the third entry in Kevin's mind-blowing California Mission series, the wonderful 'Mission San Juan Bautista'. It is by far his most difficult, large and complex murrina so far in the series, and he really nailed it! It is presented perfectly in this LARGE vortex, with hand-mixed colors which match the mission used to swirl down into the depths. This vortex also represents a new style for Kevin, in that he designed it so that the murine also shows through to the backside ,as opposed to being covered up in the past. So, you get two wonderful views of it, front and back, for the price of one! Seriously AWESOME masterpiece marble right here! Signed with 2014 sig chip.

Father Lasuen founded San Juan Bautista, named after Saint John the Baptist, in 1797. It is located adjacent to the San Andreas fault and has been damaged by several earthquakes and restored 4 different times. The beautiful original altar reredos (altar screens) and bultos (saints), painted in 1818, remain largely un-restored. The mission also boasts the largest and most complete collection of apostolate paintings in the mission chain. It is on the only remaining original Spanish Plaza in California and part of the original Camino Real can be seen from the mission. A modern side note - it was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1957 movie 'Vertigo'.






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