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Envisioning Heaven Within Nature

The Vatican Estate, Castel Gandolfo

‘Alter Realism’ –The Legacy of Christian Mystics

The composition integrates aspects of the Italianate Terrace at Castel Gandolfo ( 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 alongside 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.

Painting 19
Alter Realism ‘The Italian Garden , Evening Light’ Castel Gandolfo.

The Legacy of St Thomas Aquinas
‘Alter Realism’ ‘The Italian Garden, Evening Light’ Castel Gandolfo, Papal Estate.
Canvas size: 30x60 inches
Canvas size: 30 x 60 inches