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Title
Raphaelesque Cashacrou Madonna
Artist
David G Wilson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
In this painting, I sought to apply Leonardo's theory of perception to another renaissance master and contemporary of Leonardo, Raffaello Sanzio. One of my favorite Raphael paintings is "La Madonna della Sedia" in the Pitti Collection. My objective was to discover an alternative reality within that painting. What emerged was the proof, to me, that what I perceived was more closely related to my own idiosyncracies than what the artist might have concealed in his painting. I found that the image that I perceived therein was the contents of my own history and culture. The image that emerged was the southernmost part of my native Commonwealth of Dominica, which is the village of Scottshead or Cashacrou. There is an isthmus that juts out into the sea with a small mountain at the end; one which I have climbed numerous times. Standing atop this isthmus to the left is the calm Caribbean sea and to the right is the rough Atlantic Ocean.
On St Peter's day, the fishermen are out in their boats and so I present them in the calm waters of the Caribbean sea, visible through the coconut trees on the golden hued crepuscular waters which collectively create the face of the Virgin and baby Christ with the young St John, the Baptist in the background.
In the foreground, one sees the house and outdoor kitchen with laundry hung on lines stretched from one to the other, a common scene in Dominica during my childhood. A grandmotherly figure is entering the house with a baby in her arms. The virgin identifies herself with her red roof which doubles as the rooftop. She embraces the Christchild who is configured by the land and trees that her arms engulf. For greater appreciation of this work, compare it to the painting by Raffaello Sanzio's, "Madonna della Sedia" which inspired this piece.
© David G. Wilson
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January 16th, 2009
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