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Divine ArtYou are in: Suffolk > Faith > Divine Art > My Divine Inspiration  My Divine InspirationBy Rachel Sloane To kick off this exciting project I thought I’d choose my piece of Divine Art – the work that has stayed in my mind ever since I saw it a few years ago. It is a stained glass window that was inspired by the water in the wonderful city of Venice – and a visit to Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel. Not truly a window, the stained glass panel is in St Nicholas Hospice Chapel, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and was created by Surinder Warboys, the Mellis-based contemporary artist who paints directly onto glass.  A swirling abstract pattern of blues, yellow and orange, called “Night and Day”, the panel is lit from behind via a hidden light box, and and was commissioned by Lady Miriam Hubbard for St. Nicholas Hospice Chapel as a non-denominational work. The hospice website explains that…. "The chapel provides space for reflection, meditation and quietness. It is a resource for the spiritual care to which all members of the hospice team are committed. The stained glass panel by Surinder Warboys enhances what the chapel can offer. The themes of day and night, light and dark, and the symbol of water in its many forms, offer images that encourage us to explore ourselves, our understanding of life, and our beliefs and hopes." I have been lucky enough to visit Surinder at her studio and see the preparatory drawings that were part of the two year project, and the light box, where she uses the swirling liquids that form her very individual works of art.  Surinder told me about the inspiration she received from some divine art, which helped her create “Night and Day”. “A few days after I received the commission, I paid my first visit to see Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel. I had such a feeling for his work that I wanted to take something physical away with me, but obviously couldn’t scrape a wall! So I went to the ladies toilet and got some toilet tissue and went back to the chapel. It will sound strange to many people, but there I exposed the tissue to the atmosphere and carefully put it away. "When I got back to my studio I put it on the notice-board and there it remained for nine months. Then, when I was working on “Night and Day”, the paint was there on the glass on the light-table in front of me but I needed some texture.. ..something special. I tried one thing after another and was feeling so frustrated, when I glanced up at the tissue. I took it down and carefully laid it on the wet paint and gently pressed it to the glass. It was the final touch . Magic. The glass panel was ready for firing”. last updated: 11/06/2008 at 12:44 Have Your SayWhat is your favourite piece of inspirational art?
I am the grandson of Rev Edgar Cannon Prettyman . All my years by my grandfather's side , I was told by himself , I alone was responsable for the coat of arms and the prettyman tradition . I am in his book ,and would like to hear from my family in England.warsmt@yahoo.com
It is more the artist rather than the artwork. LIZ EDWARDS, previously from Brooking, Oregon. When I gave her a box of broken sea shells, small pieces of driftwood and bits of abalone she created a masterpiece, she entitled "Essence of Mary"
Like the way the artist used the tissue to bring the soul of the painting in Italy into her studio.
Any natural country scene that amplifies the beauty of our country lifts my spirits! CALLEN [The Voice]
I am biased but one of my favourite pieces of art is one my daughter Karen produced for Trinity Methodist Church in Lowestoft, an abstract geometric design based on three fishes. Did you see it, Rachel, when you were with Val Prettyman looking at her wonderful lectern fall?
It is a portrait on display in room 20 of the National Portrait Gallery of William Wilberforce by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Sir William's untiring work for the common good in the anti- slavery movement eventually led to the prohibition of slavery. Over 9 million slaves died of heat and suffocation on their passage to America. As Wilberforce lay dying in 1833, slavery was abolished.
My favourite piece of divine art is 'Christ before the High Priest' by Gerrit van Honthorst. I first saw this picture when I was given a postcard version of it, and was so affected by it that when i went to the Nation Gallery in London, where it hangs, I went to look fo it and was amazed by the original. it is a very large painting, so that the figure of christ is life-sized, and is a wonderful illustration of the tension between darkness and light. The High priest uses a candle to illumine the scriptures in front of him, even though he has the 'Light of the World' standing there before him. The other figures lurk in the darkness outside the range of the candle. Jesus stands there, patient, but not cowed. I don't know anything about the provenance of the painting, but that is the message it gives me You are in: Suffolk > Faith > Divine Art > My Divine Inspiration
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