The idea for this picture came to me well before 9/11. That idea was simply to show how searching for God has been one of humanity's strongest urges. The choice of a New England church was natural being from Vermont and the choice of the mosque seemed strong architecturally. Both are places where the search for God takes place.

Looking back after 9/11, I'm pleased that this painting shows both Christians and Moslems engaged together in the same search; it seems much more of a similarity between them than a source of conflict. The
Greek (or Roman) temple, with the fallen head of a god's statue, adds
an interesting extra historical note to humanity's search.

Many of my works use buildings or something architectural along with people, perhaps reflecting my stint in college as an architecture major. After a semester, I switched to major in Fine Arts, partly because I felt that an artist, unlike an architect, not only gets to conceive of his creation but also gets to make it with his own hands, which I felt was an important distinction.

A number of my works also use small people, often in a setting with much larger images, like the buildings here. Usually, I'll sketch the small figures on paper, cut them out, put masking tape on them and try different arrangements of these figures taped on the canvas, until I find the arrangement I like best.

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