Romsey Abbey painting

Well, I’m afraid I find the above picture outlandish. She looks as if her neck has been twisted and then pulled! Why do religious houses think such things are desirable and respectful? To me they are anything but. I know, I know, it’s a matter of taste, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, etc. etc., but this particular work remains outlandish! The scene depicted is of the lady’s hands producing holy light…instead she looks like a throttled chicken in a habit!

 


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  1. Well that’s a garbage piece of “art”. Looks like Regan from The Exorcist if her head had kept spinning. And that’s meant to be St Ethelfleda? Talk about disrespectful.

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  2. I agree….

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