Welcome to my Online Gallery of European Dreaming:
Angels
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During my 15
years of living in Britain, I was very influenced by the
Celtic culture that still lives on in parts of Wales, Scotland
and Cornwall, and Ireland. I discovered the Cornish painter Cecil
Collins, a great 20th century British artist, and his depictions of the Soul in the
British landscape.
I painted a
long series of women
Angels as a tribute to his philosophy and as a way of absorbing
European culture and painting. This was ultimately the beginning of a
journey to understand the earth in different cultural and emotional
terms to the standard Western landscape where the painter and viewer
stand separate to the landscape. A small selection is included here:
Copyright (c) Helen Duley 2002