In 2019 one of my wonderful Clients reached out to me. She envisioned an art piece where herself and members of her mosque could be a part of. We got to work. It was decided that with my direction and blueprints these wonderful members would be using their fingers as paint brushes to paint directly on the prepped, pre-sketched and partially painted canvas I sent them. It was amazing. I organized the plans on how to paint it in, where to paint, color usage, video tutorials, etc. I then, rolled the large canvas, put it in a tube and shipped it out to NYC. After arriving, and some weeks passed, over one-hundred members of this community contributed with painting on this piece. They left beautiful textures of individual fingerprints forever imbedded into the background of this piece. Following this stage of the of the artistic process, the canvas was then rolled up and shipped back to Florida where I finalized and completed the artwork. I took much care to preserve areas where these unique fingerprints are. The most evident part is behind the arabesque. Once completed, I shipped the art piece to the Hamptons where it was kept for over two years in a tube (while the construction of the new mosque was being built). Fast forward to now, September, 2022. The artwork was finally mounted and displayed in its permanent home, last week!! @RenataCuellarArt ✨