Drawings of designs for stained glass windows for St Catherine's Church

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Gary Martin

1995

Overview

Eleven pieces of drawing paper with coloured ink drawings and hand-written text. Six pages containing two circles each with a drawing of a plant, along with text. Three pages when joined together show the full length of the window. Two pages contain text relating to research.

Historical information

When the Anglican Church of St Catherine was built at Central Greenough in 1914, the only stained glass windows were in the east and west walls. The nave had 3 windows either side filled with plain green glass. In the middle 1990s a decision was made to fill these nave windows with stained glass to commemorate local residents. Gary Martin's design was based on the existing windows and incorporated painted circular inserts with images of plants mentioned in the Bible and also found growing at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2369

Item type

Plans

Themes

Art and Design

Material

Drawing Paper

Width

297 mm

Height or length

414 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

The 12 circular images depict the Olive, Grape, Mulberry, Grass & Clover, Pomegranate, Narcissi & Snowflakes, Fig, Wheat, Almond, Wormwood, Palm and Rose. The text alongside the images is the relevant Biblical quotation.

Contextual Information

St Catherine's Anglican Church is an important landmark on the Greenough Flats, and its construction in 1913/14, is evidence that this area was still a thriving agricultural community. These sketches are indications of the affection the church still held for local residents in the late 20th century. Information contained in these documents also provides reasoning about the choice of imagery.

Keywords

Anglican Church

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1995

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced