“Temples of Our Gods (Invocation)”
For Movement 1: Introit (From The Victoria Requiem)
16 x 16 inches unframed, 20 x 20 inches framed
Monotype print, oil pastel, & graphite
This opening movement invokes the heavens in prayer for the Requiem ahead. Vertical, veil-like layers of white represent prayers rising upward. In reference to the poem below, the prayers form outlines of different traditions of temple as they move upward.
“To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods.”
-Excerpt from Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
For Movement 1: Introit (From The Victoria Requiem)
16 x 16 inches unframed, 20 x 20 inches framed
Monotype print, oil pastel, & graphite
This opening movement invokes the heavens in prayer for the Requiem ahead. Vertical, veil-like layers of white represent prayers rising upward. In reference to the poem below, the prayers form outlines of different traditions of temple as they move upward.
“To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods.”
-Excerpt from Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
For Movement 1: Introit (From The Victoria Requiem)
16 x 16 inches unframed, 20 x 20 inches framed
Monotype print, oil pastel, & graphite
This opening movement invokes the heavens in prayer for the Requiem ahead. Vertical, veil-like layers of white represent prayers rising upward. In reference to the poem below, the prayers form outlines of different traditions of temple as they move upward.
“To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods.”
-Excerpt from Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay