“Angel of Turbulence”

Description

“Angel of Turbulence”, oil pastel painting, mounted on board, 2nd in a series of 4.  This series was painted in Comillas, Cantabria, Northern Spain, in a beautiful, jewel of a landscape of a little village called Ceceno.  On completion, my interpretation followed : “I see  the child woman, trying to fly, to move, to speak, to be heard, and there is turbulence within and this is depicted without.  She is worried, anxious, and tries to speak. Her mouth is open, yet no sound emits.  There is a dark, sad and disturbed quality to this Angel”. This series was inspired when visiting the cemetery in Comillas, whereupon as the bus turned into the town, there standing proud and erect atop a high promontory the “Angel Justiciero de LLimona”  (the Angel Guardien, Cementario de Comillas, Cantabria, Espana), a scultpture by Josef Limona.