North Carolina Fresco Trail

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Located in the entrance hall of the fellowship building, The Parable of the Good Samaritan is 28 feet long and painted in true 15th-century fresco style.

Continuum is Ben Long’s first curved surface and exterior fresco.  The subject matter represents the cycle of life’s continuous disintegration and rebirth, thus reinforcing the notion that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

In 2002, a large portion of Long’s fresco behind the main altar fell due to construction surrounding the church, and it was unable to be repaired. But framed portions of the original fresco still adorn various parts of the church.

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The series of frescoes at now Bank of America was a monumental undertaking for Long and his team of artists. It was his first secular work, as well as his largest.

Long’s final fresco in Charlotte, in the Law Enforcement Center’s lobby, details the duties of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer.

Features the fresco of “The Lord’s Supper” by Ben Long, a North Carolina native. Other works include Jeffrey Mims’ fresco “The Departure of Christ.” The church dates to the early 1900s.

Long brings to life Jesus’s story about a wayward son who ran through his inheritance in riotous living, only to return home to a father’s love and forgiveness.

Ben Long’s work True Art is to Conceal Art represents the idea that artistry and creativity can never be destroyed.

Benjamin F. Long, IV selected the nine Muses of Greek mythology as fitting subjects to decorate the ceiling in the atrium because of their legendary role in inspiring all human endevors in the arts and sciences.

The concept of crossroads dominates the Stateville fresco, as the city is quite literally at the crossroads, from its proximity to two major interstates to its shifting focus. 

St. Paul’s Church traces its beginnings to 1836 and in 2002 international  artist, Benjamin F. Long, IV, painted two frescoes depicting the story of St. Paul at the church.

Completed in 2006, the fresco at The Crossnore School renders the scripture of Mark 10:14, “Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” It features children who were residents at The Crossnore School.

The Mystery of Faith was done in the summer of 1977. It is said that Ben never quit working on the fresco even during the middle of church service. He did stop to accept communion but then went right back to work.

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