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Envisioning Heaven Within Nature

‘Alter Realism’ –The Legacy of Christian Mystics

The composition integrates aspects of the Italianate Terrace at Castel Gandolfo (past summer residence of Popes) with distant views
of the Vatican integrated for the connective narrative.

This combination creates a stunning vista which represents the integration of faith, the created world of nature out of the cosmos

and the harmonious relationship of craftmanship by humankind as an expressive statement.

All mysticism in all faiths relate: here the consideration of early Christian mystics had expressed the inter-connectivity in all things

created through the oneness of the Divine source.
The ornamental fountain alludes to the containment and the source of creation. A symbolic reflection of the moon and stars

signifies the presence of a wider cosmos is depicted within the water surface.

Alter Realism ‘The Italian Garden , Evening Light’ Castel Gandolfo.
‘Alter Realism’ ‘The Italian Garden, Evening Light’ Castel Gandolfo.
The Legacy of St Thomas Aquinas

Canvas size: 30x60 inches
Canvas size: 30 x 60 inches