Vigil of St. Mark - Portland, Oregon
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This mural depicts peaceful coexistence with the natural environment and landscape. A winged mountain lion stands atop a building facade, protecting the food chain as he balances the other species below him with an eye to peace.
Waymark Code: WM8N6P
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2010
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Artist: Esteban Camacho Stefensen
Title: Vigil of St. Mark
Date: 2008
Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
Discipline: mural
Dimensions: overall: 24’ x 16’
area: 384 square feet
Funding Source: Public Art Mural Program/Private Funding
Location: 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
This mural depicts peaceful coexistence with the natural environment and landscape. A winged mountain lion stands atop a building facade, protecting the food chain as he balances the other species below him with an eye to peace, wholeness, and justice. Source:
Regional Arts and Culture Council of Portland
About the artist:
Esteban Camacho Steffensen is presently a junior at the Pacific Northwest School of Art in Portland, OR, working for a BFA in Painting. He has lived San Jose, Costa Rica, Eugene and currently in Portland, Oregon.
“My art shows viewers how humans are still intricately connected to nature, despite the fact we often work against it or destroy it. But I attempt to propose solutions and possible paths to return to a dynamic equilibrium with nature. My goal is to create images that give a sense of the constant flow, the give and take, the need to belong on Earth as a living link in a giant chain, which is always breaking and reconnecting itself.”
“My mural can’t change the world physically. What it does is give testament of hope!”
He can be reached at: camachosteffensen at yahoo dot com
His work can be seen at: flickr.com
About the mural:
This mural is acrylic paint on 12 plywood panels. It attempts to relate peaceful religious coexistence with the natural environment and landscape.
A winged mountain lion stands on top of the church facade, representing the symbol for Saint Mark. As a mountain lion he protects the Pacific Northwest food chain as he balances the other species below him.
From this temple the mural will vigil (watch over) our community – the children from our preschool, Presbyterian, Jewish and many other families. This humble vigil seeks to warn, protect, guide and nourish others toward wholeness and justice. Our present age and culture calls us, especially, to keep vigil over the inclusivity and equality of all people, the health of our planet, and peace for all nations.
Source: St Mark Presbyterian Church.org