A Carson Newman Starry Night

For the past little while, I've been working on a new painting which I like to call "A Carson Newman Starry Night". It was inspired by and based on Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" but it has my take on the picture.
As you look at this painting, you can see some of the details that I've added. I'll see if I can explain them to you. If you look at van Gogh's original work, you can see that he portrayed a small town encapsilated with an abundance of flowing stars and sky. Some people portray this as a way of showing the awesomeness and protection that God is showing over the town. I am definitely one of those individuals. This is one of the main reasons that I wanted to base my painting around this particular work. My painting is showing how God is protecting all of us in our small town campus.
As you'll notice, I didn't put all of the buildings of Carson Newman in the painting. This is partly because if I painted all the buildings they would be so tiny you couldn't tell what they are, and also because I wanted to focus on the areas that mean the most to my friends and I. The columns made it into the picture because they symbolize the center of CN. They show the beauty of the campus and they represent the togetherness of campus. Alumni is there due to the fact that it's the coolest dorm in the world and it's where I live. It also represents the feeling of home. First Baptist Church represents the strong Christian atmosphere of campus as well as the presence of God all around campus. The library behind FBC represents all of the knowledge and learning here at CN. I also put the math building at the bottom because that's where most of my classes occur.
The light blue building towards the middle is the Blackberry Patch. This represents the fun and randomness we all have here at college. You will also see Taco Bell and Walmart signs along the sides of the picture. These again represent the fun times we've had here, plus these are two of the places every CN student spends lots of money. The SAC is also on the picture to show off our athletic sides :)
There are a few more key areas to our college career including the Isle of Heron, Chicken Island, and Mossy Creek Caves. You can also notice that Brian the fish is swimming near the Isle and there is a blue heron flying over the island as well. (sorry if you can't exactly see them due to blurriness)
As you look towards the sky, you'll see stars. Like the campus, these aren't really in any particular locations exept for a few. I put Orion's belt and the Little Dipper in the picture because I can always spot them in the sky. Also there is a solitary shooting star in the upper right of the painting. Originally, I was planning to make the sky have no clouds in the picture at all so the stars would stand out a little more, but I decided that the sky couldn't be perfectly clear because nothing and nobody is perfect.
I'm sure there is more symbolism, but that's all I can think of at the moment. I hope you enjoy "A Carson Newman Starry Night"!

Mr. Brian

Thanks to Shawn for the use of his super cool camera :)