The Church of the Angels Cyprus Metal Print

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The Church of Panagia (Our Lady) tis Aggeloktistis - meaning 'built by angels' - near Larnaca in Cyprus, gained its name from the legend that an army of angels came down at night and changed its location when it was being built. The fifth century basilica was replaced by the 11th century building standing now.
The shrub at its base with the exotic and beautiful flowers, which can grow up to nine feet high, is the yellow bird of paradise bush, though unrelated to the commonly named bird of paradise flower, the strelizia. Its botanical name is caesalpinia gilliesii. While native to tropical America, especially Argentina and Uruguay, it is naturalised in Texas and thrives in Turkey in the Old World.

I was born a Manxman - a native of the Isle of Man in the centre of the British Isles - and my heritage from there sometimes brings a Celtic element to my work. However, another side of my personality has often been expressed in my acrylic painting and photography in a more extraverted, Mediterranean way. This has no doubt been influenced by the fact that I have travelled through Europe and elsewhere in the past, but I have come to look for inspiration nearer to my home in recent years in a beautiful part of the north of England. My Christian faith underlies what I do in art as in the rest of my life. I am a retired clinical psychologist and am married with children and grandchildren. I have no formal artistic qualifications but am...