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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in
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Reflection on childhood The Retreat by Henry Vaughan 1622-95 Happy those early days! when I Shined in my angel infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back, at that short space, Could see a glimpse of His bright face; When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity; Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinful sound, Or had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O, how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient track! That I might once more reach that plain Where first I left my glorious train, From whence th’ enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm trees. But, ah! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way. Some men a forward motion love; But I by backward steps would move, And when this dust falls to the urn,
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in
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London born artist, Victoria Albuquerque paintings are about her need to balance and harmonies. Visit website www.victoria-albuquerque.com Victoria is a British visual painter. She mainly works in oil, using water-based oils for health and environmental reasons. Colour is very important to her work, which is primarily observational, though she sometimes reduces the level of detail to make clearer compositions. Her primarily concern is to comprehend and represent the interaction of form, space and colour. Her work exhibited and sold in joint and solo shows; galleries, both public and private, locally and internationally. Accepted works: Royal Academy Summer exhibitions, ING Discerning Eye, Jackson's Art Award and Art Fund museum of the year 2020 Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.
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