Each To His Own City

One of three works in a series. Based on the passage in Luke 2:3:

" And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city."

ARTIST'S NOTES

I was influenced by a show at the Birmingham Museum. The work of William Dunlap
with all the letters and words mixed into a Civil War work made a real impression.

This work was originally meant to be one of three to be shown together with "The Annunciation," "Unto Us,". They are all pastel in blue with words on the works.

In this pastel of "Each Went to his own City", one can find the "cities" depicted as the villages of Birmingham including Mountain Brook, Homewood, English Village and the view from Key Circle looking toward the city of Birmingham. It shows Mary and Joseph close up on their long journey and downtown Birmingham, Alabama is in the background.