Vatican

Abstract, pink, XL CONTEMPORARY PAINTING, [Vatican (matte) by ryan lutz].  This contemporary painting is vatican Inspired, reminding me of happy times with my former partner, Kristine moore. Below, the girl on the right with the glasses, she is our tour guide.  And people had come throughout the world to get INTO the vatican.  And instead of taking us inside, our tour guide was showing us pictures from a book.  Outside of the Vatican Museum.   The guide was stalling, to let the crowd thin out.  Venturing across the world, to be standing outside, looking at a small book with 20 strangers for 20 minutes.   It felt like we were on candid camera.  Later, the tour guide completely skipped the Matisse Room,  and we decided to do our own tour from that point on.   We were not supposed to be taking photos, in the sistine Chapel, but I did anyway. In my transfer painting, the Sistine chapel ceiling takes up much of the left side, and I included the image of God and Adams  fingers touching, in