Richard Foster was brought up at East Lexham, Norfolk and he aways thought that something ought to be painted for the blocked up window in the church. He first measured it in 1972, then thought about it in the Eighties, and finally got started in 2005. It was finished and hung in 2013.
St Andrew, patron saint of the church, was painted between 2013 and 2015 for the niche to the right of the east window.
The “Second Coming” was started in 2015 and was installed in 2017. During the lockdown a second version with a wintry background was painted and substituted for the earlier, more spring like one.
There was an exhibition in the barn next to the church in July 2017 of the pictures and related preparatory work, followed by a dedication service taken by the Bishop of Norwich.
The Deposition, which was part of the preparatory work and finished in 1988, was hung up over the door at the back in 2018.
The trees are in a blocked up window behind the pulpit, done in 2023.
The Annunciation is in West Lexham Church, and was hung in May 2023. It was painted between 2019 and 2021 during lockdown which meant that the Joyce children were stuck in Norfolk and the problem of finding an Angel Gabriel was solved.
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