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Envisioning Heaven in Nature
The Alter Realist composition is based on a visit to Spetchley Park, Worcestershire .
The statue of ‘The Blessed Mother’ which is situated in the walled garden. As mentioned on the commentative plaque
‘This statue of our lady stands here in fond memory of St Mary’s Convent School Mount Battenhall, Worcester 1934-2014.’
Mount Battenhall was sold to a French order of nuns, The Sisters of St Marie Madeleine Postel 1756-1846, Postel was
a member from the Third Order of Saint Francis ,her beatification in 1908, at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
The profound sense of contemplation and inner vision is a powerful that can be experienced.
The compositional narrative centred on the Statue, expresses the oneness with nature and Divine communion which would
align with the life and legacy of Hildegard Von Bingen {1098-1179} 12th Century Christian Mystic.
Known as St Hildegard and the Sybil of the Rhine. A influential and spiritual presence, a visionary and composer of music,
an Arist in addition wrote on medicine { Phsyica circa 1150 } which resonates to the present day.
‘Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity,
In which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent Godhead.’
Aldous Huxley
Painting 17
Alter Realism - ‘Hildegard Von Bingen’ - Legacy.
Canvas size 40 x 60 inches
