Copious Notes

I wanted to share a couple of photos Jonathan Palmer shot today of Lexington stained glass artist Laura Mentor installing her latest creation in the chapel of Louisville’s new Norton Brownsboro Hospital.  Here’s information on the piece and the installation, as relayed by the hospital’s public relations firm:

Stained glass artist Laura Mentor of Lexington, Ky. has been commissioned through the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft to have her work featured in the new Norton Brownsboro Hospital, the first new full-service hospital built in Louisville in more than two decades. Laura designed two original stained glass windows that were selected for the new Norton Hospital chapel. The stained glass windows are among the finishing touches being put on Norton Brownsboro Hospital, which will open on August 26th, 2009.

Hospital architects and designers have put an emphasis on artwork in the new facility as a means of enhancing the healing process by making the environment more aesthetically pleasing.

Of the Earth - Healing Plants and Trees of America measures 6-by-12 feet and features over 50 beautifully rendered flowering plants and trees used historically for healing. Above this, rising 28 feet over the chapel floor, Of the Heavens is reminiscent of Renaissance windows with its deep jewel-like colors and imagery of the sparkling universe.