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GLS ART SCULPTURE
The World of Greg Lewis Studios


Calvin Presbyterian Church, Tigard, Oregon - Narthex Wall Art Relief

Our Lady of Peace Retreat House, Beaverton, Oregon - Mural Relief & Statue Restoration

St. Matthew Lutheran Church ELCA, Beaverton, Oregon - Ernst Schwidder Door Restoration Project


Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Beaverton, Oregon -  Sanctuary, Full Bas Relief Risen Christ Wall Sculpture


St. Philip Catholic Church, Greenville, Rhode Island - Sanctuary Saint Sculptures & Stations of the Cross

Casa Manresa Jesuit Retreat Center, Tijuana, Mexico - Stations of the Cross for Outdoor Meditation Garden

Hope Lutheran Church MS, West Seattle, Washington - Sanctuary Ambo Bas Relief Carving

Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Hood River, Oregon - Chapel Risen Christ Ceramic Cross


Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Oregon - Chapel Risen Christ Processional Cross

Concordia University Library, Portland, Oregon - Bronze Sculpture & Base

St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA, Beaverton, Oregon - Memorial Sculpture & Selected Chapel Furnishings


Regis University - St. John Francis Chapel, Denver, Colorado - Relief Carved Folding Screens


Larry Gross Faith Works Design, Portland, Oregon - Relief Carving & Fabrication

Greg Lewis Studios, Beaverton, Oregon - Metal Relief Wall Medallion

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon - Patina Metal Relief Sculpture


Providence Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee, Oregon - Chapel Wall Cross in Relief

Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Beaverton, Oregon - Tabernacle Medallion in Brass



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Providence Newberg Medical Center Chapel - Processional Cross in Detail
Plan your next art visit to: Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Oregon
Calvin Presbyterian Church, Tigard, Oregon
Calvin Presbyterian Church Narthex - Wall Art Relief in Mixed Media Acrylic on Hardboard
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Beaverton, Oregon - David Richen Architects
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Beaverton, Oregon - David Richen Architects
Holy Trinity Church Chapel - Bas Relief Wood Crucifix
HT Risen Christ in Full 9ft. Bas Relief Sculpture
Holy Trinity Church Chapel - Granite Carved Tabernacle with Gold Leaf Inlay
Existing Holy Trinity Tabernacle -Enhanced Arches With Brass Medallion Attached
Spec Drawing for Holy Trinity Tabernacle Medallion
Brass Medallion for Holy Trinity Tabernacle Medallion - Water Jet Fabrication
St. Philip Catholic Parish, Greenville, Rhode Island - Sanctuary Relief Sculpture
St. Philip Catholic Parish, Greenville, Rhode Island - Sanctuary Bas Relief Sculpture
St. Philips Church Sanctuary - Full Bas Relief Carved Wall Hanging
St, Philips Church Sanctuary - CNC Routed Acrylic Stations of the Cross - Detail
St. Philips Church Sanctuary - CNC Routed Acrylic Stations of the Cross
Casa Manresa Retreat Center - Tijuana, Mexico - Sand Blasted Stations of the Cross
Hope Lutheran Church - Bas Relief Carved Ambo - Larry Gross Design
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital - Clark Kjos Architects AIA - Chapel Ceramic Relief Cross
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Chapel - Hand Crafted Ceramic Cross
Providence Newberg Medical Center - Mahlum Architects AIA - Selected Sculpture Projects
Providence Newberg MC Peace Garden - Dichroic Fused Glass Metal Garden Stakes
Providence Newberg Medical Center Chapel - Relief Carved Processional Cross
Providence Newberg Medical Center Chapel - Burnished Copper Tabernacle Door
Providence Newberg Medical Center - Mother Joseph Sculpture Base and Planter
Providence Newberg Medical Center - Mother Joseph Sculpture Base and Planter
Concordia University Library - Group McKenzie Architects AIA - Selected Sculpture Projects
Concordia University Library - Luther Bronze Bust, Plaque and Medallion
Concordia University Library - Cross Pedestal Designed by Jonathan Brandt, AIA
St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA - Full Sculpted Lighted Memorial
St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA - Full Sculpted Lighted Memorial - Detail
St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA - Full Sculpted Lighted Memorial Base
St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA Chapel - Bas Relief Altar with Custom Fabricated Candle Stands
St. Andrew Lutheran Church ELCA - Bas Relief Baptimal Font with Fused Glass by Fr. Jim Galluzzo, SJ
Regis University - St. John Francis Chapel - Soderstrom Architects AIA - Relief Carved Folding Screens
St. John Francis Chapel - Relief Carved Pentecost Folding Screen
St. John Francis Chapel - Relief Carved Pentecost Folding Screens
Private Art Collection - Coral & Fish in Layered Patina Aluminum
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon
Providence St. Vincent MC Cardiology - Patina Metal Relief Medallion
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center - Stainless Steel Medallion
Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Milwaukie, Oegon USA
Prov. Milwaukie Hospital - Chapel Wall Cross in Relief
Holy Trinity Catholic Church - Carved Risen Christ Sculpture in wood Mahoghany 2004
Providence Newberg Medical Center - Carved Chapel Processional Cross 2010


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​GLS ART SCULPTURE RESTORATION PROJECTS

St. Matthew Lutheran Church ELCA - Beaverton, Oregon 2018

Concordia University Library - Portland, Oregon - 2010

St. Mary - Star of the Sea Catholic Parish - Astoria, Oregon - 2010-12

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church - Jordan, Oregon - 1994
Concordia University Library - Sculpture Restoration Project
Lee Kelly - The Reader Restoration & Pedestal Base
St. Mary - Star of the Sea - Statue Restoration Project
St. Mary - Star of the Sea Sanctuary Interior
SMA - Restored Antique Wall Crucifix
SMA - Restored Stations of the Cross, ca. 1870
SMA - Restored Stations of the Cross, ca. 1870
SMA - Restored Selected Sanctuary Statues
Our Lady Sculpture Restoration - Photo Courtesy of St. Mary - Star of the Sea, Astoria, Oregon
Our Lady of Lourdes, Jordan, Oregon - Restoration Project
Font Restoration - Our Lady of Lourdes, Jordan, Oregon
Altar Restoration - Our Lady of Lourdes, Jordan, Oregon
Sacred Heart Monastery - Blessed Mother Hand Restoration in White Marble 2021
Ecce Homo - Behold the Man Statue | Paint Restoration
Pieta Statue - Paint Restoration
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Greg Lewis and his team of assistants restore and repaint 14 antique, plaster-cast Stations of the Cross depicting the Passion of Christ. The full relief sculptures of St. Mary-Star of the Sea, Astoria, Oregon, originated in Mid-Nineteenth century, Pietrasanta, Italy.
PictureFully Restored Station No.5 - Jesus is given His cross as Simon lifts the burden and continues the carry.
​What People Are Saying...
Local Artist Restores
​Star of the Sea's Stations 
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Ed Langlois of the Catholic Sentinel - 3/18/10

When Greg Lewis climbed a ladder to work on figures representing the last hours of Jesus' life, he could not help but pray. The Beaverton artist was asked to restore the large historic stations ​of the cross at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Astoria. After a year of patching, reinforcing and repainting, the 14 three-dimensional scenes have come alive again. The faithful are using them this Lent to remember the saving mystery of the Passion. Likely made in the 1890s, the stations were hung in the Astoria Church when it was dedicated in 1915. They had deteriorated and faded over the years. Parts were flaking off in large pieces. 

Lewis says many Catholic communities in Oregon a century or more ago purchased plaster statues because of costs. The Astoria stations come from molds made in Italy that were sent to the United States, likely New York or Chicago. Lewis has identified similar stations made in 1873 for a church in San Antonio, Texas.  "People here couldn't afford hand-carved marble from Italy," says Lewis, 63. "But this is not kitsch. It was artfully done." 

Making the 90-mile trek to Astoria two or three days per week, Lewis used an epoxy plaster to rebuild the images and repaint them as they were. Parishioners did not want a reinterpretation; they wanted a link back to the founding of their community. "We take our history seriously," says Marcie Ewald, who led the restoration drive, which was paid for by the altar society. Worshipers have been praying at the stations each Friday of Lent during a gathering that includes a simple supper. The stations are dominant images here, three or four feet tall in a modest church. 

In Astoria, Lewis has also overseen renovation of a long-stored statue of the Sacred Heart and an outdoor statue of Mary. Lewis, who teaches art at Concordia University in Portland, has created original art for many Catholic institutions in Oregon. He and his studio partners have created panels of the stations for Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, stained glass for St. Philip Benizi Church in Redland, a holy oil holder for Sacred Heart Church in Newport and many projects for Providence Health and Services, from Hood River to Newberg. He restored a historic altar at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Jordan. 

The son of an ad agency art director, Lewis has been an artist for 36 years, beginning work while in the Army in Germany.

Plan your next art visit to: St. Mary - Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Astoria, Oregon
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GLS Assists in Historic Zion Lutheran Church Cross Restoration
Greg Lewis and his team of craftsman, restored with square tube stainless steel, a 9 ft. steeple cross. Design specifications were made by Mulvaney G2 Architects and fabrication was by Trovo Design Works, both of Portland, Oregon. Zion Lutheran Church MS (1952) was the first Lutheran church in Portland by the architect, Pietro Belluschi, AIA. Zion Lutheran Church, in Portland, Oregon, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church ELCA, Beaverton, Oregon
Ernst Schwidder, Liturgical Artist & Sculptor & Pietro Belluschi, Design Architect, AIA

Main Entrance Copper Doors ca.1984
As Liturgical Artist and Design Director working with churches and hospitals for over two decades, I am often called upon to make old things new again.  Recently I was honored to have the opportunity to restore the hammered copper doors at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Beaverton, Oregon.  These doors are the creation of late Liturgical Artist and Sculptor Ernst Schwidder (1931-1998) and the building’s world-renowned Architect, the late Pietro Belluschi (1899-1994).

Judeo-Christian art is rich in signs and symbols that enhance our worship experience.  Schwidder’s sculptures grace the worship space and the outer courtyard at St. Matthew’s with both power and tenderness.  And so it is with the embossed copper doors at the church’s entrance.  They announce the coming of Christ and invite us to come in and worship Him. However, over 30-plus years these doors had darkened to a dreary dark brown, nearly obscuring the joyful messages and graphics.  My challenge was to restore these doors to their former brilliance. 

As I worked on the doors, it was a personal blessing to see the graphics and the Bible quotes emerge under my hands, from muted to bright, from dark quiet to celebrational! The Schwidder Door Restoration Project is now complete.  It is my prayer that St. Matthew’s legacy of art will touch both present and future generations as it invites them to come worship our Lord, the bright morning star!
Enjoy the following video walk-by, showing size and sense of scale.
Detailed examples of the Schwidder touch in hammered copper. 
​All photo images for the Greg Lewis Studios are Copyright by the Ernst Schwidder Archives and St. Matthew Lutheran Church ELCA.
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To express your interest in a future Art Sculpture or Sculpture Restoration project, I am happy to accept your call or email.
Phone Greg Lewis at 503-348-5176 or by email: greg@greglewisstudios.net.
You can also go to the GLS Contact Page of this GLS Website to inquire on design/fabrication proposals.

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