I realized that I never posted this completed painting. It’s based on a book by the same name, and on the many renditions and icons of this theme that have gone before. But rather than a ladder, I used personal iconography in the form of a partially-built gravity dock once found in Allouez Bay on Lake Superior. I utilized blueprints in its construction. And rather than falling priests and monks, I used flowers and minnows… I hope you enjoy it.
4’x6′ Oil, wood and gold leaf on canvas.
Much more work is needed on both the painting and the boat, but things are coming along on this as yet untitled 12″x12″ work. 
Here are some details of the current work. The second pic shows at left the underdrawing of what will be a part of a cathedral. The goal is to complete this work by early summer.
Here you can see some of the hundreds of pilings that are being added which will eventually support the main structures which I’m working on now. Using blueprints, the idea is to mimic in a relatively accurate way the construction of sections of a large gravity dock such that are found on the Great Lakes.
Very excited to be at this point in the painting. I prepped & “sunk” the boat last night. A beautiful day at 46°F to spend under the sky. I have my work cut out for me now.
Video can bee seen at my Instagram.
I started this painting more than two years ago and am at last beginning to see its outcome.
Today I’m checking the proportions and relationship between the wooden boat and the painted surface. Long way to go on each, but I’m very happy with how things are turning out.
ERIC LEE 
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