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Fylde artist's religious approach to the Millenium: Evening Gazette Saturday, Oct.7, 1995
'Pilgrim looks to the future on canvas'            by Jane Wilkinson
MANY plans have been mooted to welcome in the Millennium - building a Big Wheel, creating a national museum and even a mega-watt light show.

   But Fylde artist Jerry Gordon has his own ideas.
   He is part way through a project to paint 40 of the world's best-known sacred sites for the year 2,000.
  Among the subjects taking shape on Jerry's canvas are London's Westminster Abbey, the Egyptian pyramids, the Vatican and India's Taj Mahal.

 The former Thorton ICI Hillhouse process worker is now living and working in Trinidad, after nine years of travelling research on cathedrals and temples throughout the world.
   The 39-year-old artist, who sold his house and car to fund Project 2,000, hopes to display the work worldwide on large 6ft by 4ft canvasses.

   Spirituality

   And Jerry, a trained social worker, believes the paintings will be a lasting tribute to the Millennium, depicting some of Man's greatest architectural achievements.

 He said: "It will visually celebrate the practice of people around the world to build sacred sites to honour their spirituality."
   Jerry, whose past projects include retracing the footsteps of the Bounty's Fletcher Christian, is currently enjoying life in the balmy West Indies.
   But despite the island attractions of his Trinidad home, Jerry still hankers after Lancashire, where his mum, Annetta Metcalf, still lives in Thornton.
   He said: "I really do miss blustery Blackpool and all things Fylde - I really do! And I'm hoping to visit in 1996."

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