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Hildegard von Bingen Oil over acrylic on canvas |
Artist Statement: Thinking about mother earth, I began to revisit Hildegard von Bingen’s writings and teachings. Hildegard of Bingen OSB, also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most-recorded in modern history. This quote by her sums up the inspiration for this interpretive painting of her:
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