RESURGET MARIA (MARY RISES)
Painting #15 for Maryhill School of
Theology.
This painting
was completed April 13 – 26, 2020. It will hang in the reference section on the
ground floor of the library of Maryhill School of Theology.
RESURGET MARIA (MARY
RISES)
Oil on
cradled canvas
6’ x 4.5’
April 13
– 26, 2020
In the
evening sky the waning moon marks the transition of the Female from Nurturing
Mother to Mature, Wise Woman. A conflagration, symbolic of oppressive forces,
razes a neighbourhood on the left and a forest on the right. An old woman, a
little boy, a little girl, and a young woman representing victims are at Mary’s
feet.
Mary
wields a Batangas dirk in her right hand and raises a banner emblazoned with
Maryhill School of Theology’s logo and coat of arms in her left. She “comes
with a sword” to defend and vindicate the oppressed and the marginalized.
I believe
that, should there ever be a modern revolution—cultural, social, or
political—in this country or in any other country in this world, it will be led
by women, mainly because they will have been fed up with the leadership and
management of men. In a sense, it brings Joseph Campbell’s evolutionary cycle
full circle.
The
auditory stimulus I used while making this painting is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqJnhYabfsY. The auditory stimuli I use have nothing to do with the
subject matter of my paintings.