I really like color, line, form, texture." Wallpapering lets him change the look and feel of a room in short order. Like iconography, "wallpapering is working with color. Wallpapering has been his work for 40 years, he said, and he believes it shares similarities with iconography.
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In fact, Hajos, when he's not nose-to-nose with the Savior or Isaiah, is a professional wallpaper hanger.
On the wall behind and above the altar, there's a striking depiction of Christ called "More Spacious Than the Heavens."' Hajos laughed and said that image was born in "somebody's garage, It's the only one in the church on canvas. With piercing, all-knowing eyes, the icon appears to sweep his gaze on the angels, prophets, apostles, evangelists and local saints that dot the room below. As Christianity's high priest, Hajos noted, Jesus is always positioned above all, in a kind of hierarchy of Biblical characters. There are also icons of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel.Įnsconced inside the illuminated dome is the image called Christ the King. Another wooden icon, called "The Holy Forerunner," displays John the Baptist. There is one of Christ holding a Bible with scripture verses. The six icons that line the front of the altar are wooden, he said, and represent various scenes. On the right side of the room, you can become transfixed by the Nativity and by the Theophany, also known as the baptism of Christ. On the left side are imposing images of the crucifixion, the resurrection. Matthew's, Hajos' icons enrich walls on both sides of the worship hall. They tend to have white already added, which makes them softer. When work begins, he leans toward the use of "'muted shades.
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