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The Kingdom of Heaven Suffereth Violence and the Violent Take it by Force

Ten women ascend from darkness to light representing the soul’s progression from its earthbound body to spiritual freedom. A woman in pink gazes at her earth-binding shackles, her crown and colourful garment symbolising her material preoccupation. Above, another wears a blindfold, her blindness illustrating society’s blindness to faith. Those beyond progress to spiritual freedom, looking up towards the light of their faith. They climb, eventually in flight, their souls escaping from their bodies, ascending into spiritual freedom. Highly charged with symbolism, this painting presents Evelyn’s Spiritualist belief in the evolution of the soul as it escapes the burden of flesh....
1978
Oil on canvas
P_EDM_0015

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