Let's go on a field trip...

Hey, hi.  

Welcome to the second installment on my new blog.

I hope that this finds you happy and well.

I have had an exciting outing this week 

and I want to share it with you.

Let me start with this introduction

Sandy and her grand daughter

This is my friend Sandy Roe Cooper. 

She and I have have been each others' 

Lucy and Ethel 

for a few years.

She knows how much I enjoy art and creativity, so when this opportunity came up she gave me a call.

Sandy is a secretary at 

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Indianapolis.  

And they have entered Phase 3 of the 

Iconography process. 

Yeah, I know.

I didn't know what that meant either.

That is why

we went on the field trip.

So, we put Darwin Dog in the car 

and drove to Carmel. 

He enjoys riding in the van.

It was a nice day.

We saw interesting things on the way.

Let me say that this church is absolutely beautiful.

 I had been invited to photograph the progress of the iconography process in the church.

The iconography is being painted in phases.  The plans for this phase were posted in the foyer.

I feel like these are important enough that I need to show them in the blown up view.

  

 These were agreed & voted upon.  

They represent different happenings in the bible.  

The process was really fascinating. 

There were drawings on the wall...

 These sketches are then color blocked with several basic colors.

These folks are part of the team from Greece.

Their job is to color block.  

They were working on the ceiling while we were there.

This gentleman seemed to be filling in color and working on details.  He was up by the ceiling, also. 

This is Dr. Kordis, the leader of the project.

The process was amazing.  The style was something that I had never seen before.

This wall is not a part of this phase, but I wanted to record this painting.  

Isn't it amazing?  

(you can use the bar at the bottom to move to the other side of the picture)

They work from dark up to light. The faces are so unique.  I believe that I was told that the paint has egg yolks in it.

 This is the tomb.  Look at the cloths.  They are so stylized.  This is from the new work.  
(Again, use the bar at the bottom to see the whole thing.) 
Go back and look at the drawings above. 
They wanted to make sure that I knew that the work was not finished, yet. The feet and hands were left undone in some.

 Again, look at the highlight work.  
Just incredible.  

 This is also from the new paint work.  There is so much going on here.  The movement of the water, the men in the boat and the fish on the grill.  

Here is a close up of part of the water painting. Look at the incredible 

work that these artists do.

 I know it is very unlike me, but I am at a loss for words.  
GOD flows through these people.  They are doing what he has given them to do.  
What a joy to be able to use your talent for your Lord. 

No, I am not of this faith.  But, I was truly touched by these paintings.   

GOD is being glorified through their talents.

There is an opportunity to see this for yourself. 

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 

is located at 

3500 W. 106th Street, Carmel, Indiana 46032

They are having a Gyro night

on Thursday, February 1st.

the hours are  5- 8pm

with a tour of the church at 6:30.

Their Website it:

http://www.holytrinityindy.org/ 

I want to thank Reverend Father William J. Bartz,

Father Lucas Christensen, Sandy Cooper 

and my driver for the day Al Temby.

And

as always,

if you need an artist or a photographer,

I can be reached through this blog 

or on Facebook at Sherrill Studios. 

Thank you, my friends for your time and consideration.

See you next week.

Sherry

A New Beginning

Hi, I'm Sherry Temby of Sherrill Studios.
It's been awhile, hasn't it?
Settle in and see what I've got today.

I hope that this blog finds all of you to be well.  

Life just continues to move us forward, 

whether I want to go with it or not. 

Our littlest Grand-baby Mellie with frosting in her nose. 

Through it all my family and friends travel with me.

Thank goodness 

for those people 

who know you or 

are related to you

but still like you. 

Evie is my middle granddaughter.

In the last year, there have been holidays, birthdays, times of sadness and times of absolute joy.

Time moves on.

My thought process is that at this time in my life   

I need to follow my dream 

and see where it takes me. 

I'm not getting any younger, you know.

My oldest Granddaughter Leia.

What is my dream....?
It is to do what I do well 
and use it to bring joy to other people.
That is simply what it boils down to.  

What I want to do is use my creative talents 

& 

I want to do it full time.

But 

it is so hard to let go 

and

see where it will take me.

My grandson Asher.

What do I feel my talents are?  
           I am a very creative soul.  
                 I always have been.  
      I enjoy the process of creating beautiful things.  

I enjoy color, pattern & beauty in all things.

I have been painting in oils for about ten years,  

a photographer for about 8 years & polymer clay is a seasonal thing for me at this time.  

The photography and painting go hand in hand.

This is Al Temby, my husband.  He puts up with me.

I currently am employed at a job three days a week and I work my Studio the other 4 days in a week.  

S'mores anyone?

 What I plan on doing is showing some of my work through this site and on my upcoming web page.  

This is Molly.  She lives in Kempton, IN.

I am looking for someone 

to help me on the set up of the web page 

because I'm an artist, 

not a computer person.

I took this on the fourth of July.  Remember how hot it was then?

I realize that there are a lot of people out there with a camera who think they are photographers.

  

I think that you will find that I have 

"an eye" 

for the balance 

and the beauty of things.  

I think as an artist that just enters into it naturally.

I photograph anything and everything.  

Weddings

Birthday Parties

Melody's 1st birthday

I love these guys.

Ash's birthday

Just about anything, really.

Mom and dad

Evie at the park

Blue ice cream

Posing for Grandma

Grandma, look at this bug!

So that is some examples of my photography.  

I hope you enjoyed it.

Do you have an event that you would like photographed? 

I photograph 

children 

animals 

and

 just about anything else you can think of.

And this is what I am going to do.
I am stepping out in faith.

You can contact me through this site, Facebook or drop me a call at the studio.  

(765) 453-7951

Let's do something creative and unique.

Until next week

STAY WARM,

Sherry