Description: This is a vibrant and fantastic Fine Modern Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Religious Oil Painting on Canvas, by the late Pacific Palisades, California Modernist painter, Noreen Richeda Larinde (d. 2024.) This artwork depicts a dreamlike and surreal juxtaposition of large blooming lavender flowers, orchestra musicians, and the stoic image of Saint Lucy, portrayed with dignity and reverence at the center of the scene. Saint Lucy is portrayed holding a chalice with her own eyeballs, and a knife through her neck, which are classic religious iconographical symbols regarding this saint which date back to over a millennium. The brush strokes, vibrant colors, and emotional expressions of the subjects reveal the immense creative talent of Larinde, who tragically passed away quite recently. Signed: "Noreen" at the lower edge. Additionally, this piece is hand signed on the verso of the canvas: "Noreen Richeda Larinde." This artwork likely dates to the 2010's. Approximately 27 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Very good condition for age, with some thick speckles of lacquer applied to the surface of the canvas in some areas, which was originally applied by the artist herself. I mention this fact because it may be perceived by an uninformed viewer as a visual defect or area of scuffing. Acquired from the deceased estate art studio of Noreen Larinde, in Pacific Palisades, California. Priced to Sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Noreen Larinde - Feminist painter, graphic printmaker and fine art photographer Noreen Larinde is an artist from Pacific Palisades, California. Artfacts Summary Noreen Larinde is a female artist. Noreen Larinde’s only verified exhibition was Italians Do It Better? at Underground - Founders Building in Pomona, CA in 2012. Noreen Larinde is exclusively exhibited in United States. Larinde has at least no solo shows but one group show (for more information, see biography.). Noreen Larinde has been exhibited with Bernadette Felber and Marianne Emmenegger. An interview with Noreen Larinde (2019)Here she talks to Artists Info about her work.Please describe your artwork styleI am a feminist painter, graphic printmaker and fine art photographer whose images have germinated from 2 major sources: (1) the Italian Renaissance figurative tradition of the human figure totally in command of the self, and (2) the aesthetics of Japanese Zen Buddhism, wherein woman is seen as unknowable through rational processes and can only be glimpsed through the artistic experience, which expresses the interaction between the externals of appearance and the dark, hidden mysterious inner nature of the self. Hence the images are not narratives, as in Italian paintings, but provocations as in Noh Drama, which demand that each viewer project the self and arrive at a personal interpretation.What is your background?I have a depth of background in the arts, having received BFA and MFA degrees in Studio Art, as well as a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles.How long have you been an artist?I have been painting from day one, and taking photographs since I started as a Professor of Art History for the California State Universities. As I teach not only Modernist Art History, but also the Cultures of East Asia, with a focus on Japan, I travel to Japan 3 times a year to take photos necessary for my courses. In this way I became a professional photographer out of necessity.I have developed my artistic career by continuing to paint every week and submitting works to artistic competitions, although with my teaching, I have not had much time to search out galleries. I have an extensive exhibitions record but not a permanent gallery.Who or what are your biggest influences?I do not follow artistic trends. I have developed a personal style, although I admit I have absorbed many styles through my extensive study of art history.Where do you create your work?I create my art in my personal studio on the property of my principal residence in California, and in my secondary house in the countryside of Umbria, near the city of Montefalco in Italy.What do you feel is the role of the artist in society?The artist today, in a society dominated by technology, provides the images which convey this reality and influence all peoples worldwide.What techniques/mediums do you use?I paint in high quality Utrecht oils on linen canvas, and create my digital images through my personal photographs modified via Photoshop.The subject and execution of a work cannot be divided. Both convey the message simultaneously and the viewer needs to see the organization of the canvas, photo or digital image as well as the identifiable image. There can be no separation of hierarchy in the visual arts.Any current or up-coming exhibitions?I am now preparing paintings which will be shown this spring in Rome in the Gallery Rossocinebro.Is there an element of art you enjoy working with most? Why?The element of art which I enjoy most working with is the human figure. About Saint Lucy:Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) (and better known as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. She is one of eight women (including the Virgin Mary) explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. She is one of the best-known virgin martyrs, along with Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria.SourcesThe oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century Acts of the Martyrs. The single fact upon which various accounts agree is that a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily, in 304 AD, during the Diocletianic Persecution. Her veneration spread to Rome, and by the sixth century to the whole Church. The oldest archaeological evidence comes from the Greek inscriptions from the Catacombs of St. John in Syracuse. Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea was the most widely read version of the Lucy legend in the Middle Ages. In medieval accounts, Saint Lucy's eyes were gouged out prior to her execution. The most ancient archaeological traces attributable to the cult of Saint Lucia have been brought back to Sicily, particularly in Syracuse and are preserved in the archaeological museums of the city.The feast day of St. Lucy of Syracuse is celebrated as well in Barangay Sta. Lucia, Asturias town in midwestern Cebu, the Philippines every 13 December since 1946. On this day, thousands of devotees used to visit her parish to celebrate and venerate her sainthood. Along with their veneration to her are the hope in faith that her Holy water is instrumental in channeling Almighty God's grace and blessings in the form of protection, purification and healing from illness particularly eye disorders to them as she is best known for being the Patron Saint of the blind.LifeAll the details of her life are the conventional ones associated with female martyrs of the early fourth century. John Henry Blunt views her story as a Christian romance similar to the Acts of other virgin martyrs.According to the traditional story, Lucy was born to rich and noble parents in 283. Her father was of Roman origin, but died when she was five years old, leaving Lucy and her mother without a protective guardian. Her mother's name, Eutychia, seems to indicate that she came from a Greek background.Like many of the early martyrs, Lucy had consecrated her virginity to God, and she hoped to distribute her dowry to the poor.[1] However, Eutychia, not knowing of Lucy's promise, and suffering from a bleeding disorder, feared for Lucy's future. She arranged Lucy's marriage to a young man of a wealthy pagan family.Saint Agatha had been martyred 52 years before during the Decian persecution. Her shrine at Catania, less than 50 miles (80 km) from Syracuse, attracted a number of pilgrims; many miracles were reported to have happened through her intercession. Eutychia was persuaded to make a pilgrimage to Catania, in hopes of a cure. While there, St. Agatha came to Lucy in a dream and told her that because of her faith, her mother would be cured and that Lucy would be the glory of Syracuse, as she was of Catania. With her mother cured, Lucy took the opportunity to persuade her mother to allow her to distribute a great part of her riches among the poor.Eutychia suggested that the sums would make a good bequest, but Lucy countered, "...whatever you give away at death for the Lord's sake you give because you cannot take it with you. Give now to the true Savior, while you are healthy, whatever you intended to give away at your death."News that the patrimony and jewels were being distributed came to Lucy's betrothed, who denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Syracuse. Paschasius ordered her to burn a sacrifice to the emperor's image. When she refused, Paschasius sentenced her to be defiled in a brothel.The Christian tradition states that when the guards came to take her away, they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. Bundles of wood were then heaped about her and set on fire but would not burn. Finally, she met her death by the sword thrust into her throat.Absent in the early narratives and traditions, at least until the fifteenth century, is the story of Lucia tortured by eye-gouging. According to later accounts, before she died, she foretold the punishment of Paschasius and the speedy end of the persecution, adding that Diocletian would reign no more and Maximian would meet his end. This so angered Paschasius that he ordered the guards to remove her eyes. Another version has Lucy taking her own eyes out in order to discourage a persistent suitor who admired them. When her body was prepared for burial in the family mausoleum it was discovered that her eyes had been miraculously restored. This is one of the reasons that Lucy is the patron saint of those with eye illnesses.VenerationBy the sixth century, her story was sufficiently widespread that she appears in the Sacramentary of Pope Gregory I. She is also commemorated in the ancient Roman Martyrology. St. Aldhelm (English, died in 709) and later the Venerable Bede (English, died in 735) attest that her popularity had already spread to England, where her festival was kept in England until the Protestant Reformation, as a holy day of the second rank in which no work but tillage or the like was allowed.Lucy is honored in the Church of England, in the Episcopal Church, and in the Lutheran Church on 13 December.The monk Sigebert of Gembloux (1030–1112) wrote a mid-eleventh-century passio, to support a local cult of Lucy at Metz.The General Roman Calendar formerly had a commemoration of Saints Lucy and Geminianus on 16 September. This was removed in 1969, as a duplication of the feast of her dies natalis on 13 December and because the Geminianus in question, mentioned in the Passio of Saint Lucy, seems to be a fictitious figure, unrelated to the Geminianus whose feast is on 31 January.RelicsSigebert of Gembloux, in his sermo de Sancta Lucia, chronicled that her body lay undisturbed in Sicily for 400 years, before Faroald II, Duke of Spoleto, captured the island and transferred the body to Corfinium in the Abruzzo, Italy. From there it was removed by the Emperor Otho I in 972 to Metz and deposited in the church of St. Vincent. It was from this shrine that an arm of the saint was taken to the monastery of Luitburg in the Diocese of Speyer – an incident celebrated by Sigebert in verse.The subsequent history of the relics is not clear. According to Umberto Benigni, Stephen II (768) sent the relics of St. Lucy to Constantinople for safety against the Saracen incursions. On their capture of Constantinople in 1204, the French found some relics attributed to Saint Lucy in the city, and Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice, secured them for the monastery of St. George at Venice. In 1513 the Venetians presented to Louis XII of France the saint's head, which he deposited in the cathedral church of Bourges. Another account, however, states that the head was brought to Bourges from Rome, where it had been transferred during the time when the relics rested in Corfinium.Parts of the body are present in Sicily in particular in Syracuse, which has preserved them from antiquity. The remainder of the relics remain in Venice: they were transferred to the church of San Geremia when the church of Santa Lucia was demolished in 1861 to make way for the new railway terminus. A century later, on 7 November 1981, thieves stole all her bones, except her head. Police recovered them five weeks later, on her feast day. Other parts of the corpse have found their way to Rome, Naples, Verona, Lisbon, Milan, as well as Germany and France.PatronageLucy's Latin name Lucia shares a root (luc-) with the Latin word for light, lux. A number of traditions incorporate symbolic meaning of St. Lucy as the bearer of light in the darkness of winter, her feast day being 13 December. Because some versions of her story relate that her eyes were removed, either by herself or by her persecutors, she is the patroness saint of the blind.She is also the patron saint of ophthalmologists, authors, cutlers, glaziers, laborers, martyrs, peasants, saddlers, salesmen, stained glass workers, and of Perugia, Italy. She is invoked against hemorrhages, dysentery, diseases of the eye, and throat infections.St. Lucy is the patroness of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. At the Piazza Duomo in Syracuse, the church of Santa Lucia alla Badia used to house the painting Burial of St. Lucy by Caravaggio. But it is now housed in the church of Santa Lucia al Sepolcro in Syracuse. She is also the patron saint of the coastal town of Olón, Ecuador, which celebrates with a week-long festival culminating on the feast day 13 December. She is also the patron saint of the town of Guane, Santander, Colombia.The Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia, one of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, is named after her.IconographyThe emblem of eyes on a cup or plate apparently reflects popular devotion to her as protector of sight, because of her name, Lucia (from the Latin word "lux" which means "light"). In paintings St. Lucy is frequently shown holding her eyes on a golden plate. Lucy was represented in Gothic art holding a dish with two eyes on it. She also holds the palm branch, symbol of martyrdom and victory over evil. Other symbolic images include a lamp, dagger, sword or two oxen.In literatureDanteIn Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy Lucy first appears in Canto 2 of Inferno as the messenger sent to Beatrice from "The blessed Dame" (the Virgin Mary), to rouse Beatrice to send Virgil to Dante's aid. Henry Fanshawe Tozer identifies Lucia as representing "illuminative grace". According to Robert Pogue Harrison and Rachel Jacoff, Lucia's appearance in this intermediary role is to reinforce the scene in which Virgil tries to fortify Dante's courage to begin the journey through the inferno.In Purgatorio 9.52–63, Lucy carries a sleeping Dante to the entrance to purgatory. Since Lucy represents light, her appearance in Purgatorio 9 mirrors her appearance in Inferno 2; both times she carries him out of darkness. Lucy's light symbolism also explains why Dante tells this evening scene in Purgatorio 9 through the lens of the dawn. She carries him both out of the literal darkness to a new day, as well as the figurative darkness to lead him to salvation.Then in Paradiso 32, Dante places her opposite Adam within the Mystic Rose in Canto XXXII of the Paradiso. Lucy may also be seen as a figure of Illuminating Grace or Mercy or even Justice.DonneIn the Late Middle Ages the shortest day of the year usually fell on her feast day, and the two became associated, as in John Donne's poem, "A Nocturnal upon St. Lucie's Day, being the shortest day" (1627). The poem begins with: "'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's". Due to the inaccuracy of the Julian Calendar, the shortest day actually fell a day or two earlier in Donne's time.Lucia is also the protagonist of a Swedish novel: "Ett ljus i mörkret" ("A light in the darkness") by Agneta Sjödin.Popular celebrationLucy's feast is on 13 December, in Advent. Her feast once coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, before calendar reforms, so her feast day has become a festival of light.St. Lucy is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse (Sicily). On 13 December a silver statue of St. Lucy containing her relics is paraded through the streets before returning to the Cathedral of Syracuse. Sicilians recall a legend that holds that a famine ended on her feast day when ships loaded with grain entered the harbor. Here, it is traditional to eat whole grains instead of bread on 13 December. This usually takes the form of cuccìa, a dish of boiled wheat berries often mixed with ricotta and honey, or sometimes served as a savory soup with beans.Celebration of St. Lucy's day is particularly seen in Scandinavian countries, with their long dark winters. Traditionally, a young girl dressed in a white dress and a red sash (as the symbol of martyrdom) and wears a crown or wreath of candles on her head. In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and parts of Finland, girls and boys dressed as Lucy or different roles associated with Christmastide, such as carry Saint Stephen or gingerbread men, walking in procession as songs are sung. Lucia celebrations are held in various places such as schools, churches, offices and hospitals, traditionally combined with eating saffron buns and gingerbread cookies. It is said that to vividly celebrate St. Lucy's Day will help one live the long winter days with enough light.A special devotion to St. Lucy is practiced in the Italian regions of Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige, in the North of the country, and Sicily and Calabria, in the South, as well as in the Croatian coastal region of Dalmatia. The feast is a Catholic-celebrated holiday with roots that can be traced to Sicily. On the 13th of every December, it is celebrated with large traditional feasts of home-made pasta and various other Italian dishes, with a special dessert called cuccìa, made of wheatberries, butter, sugar, chocolate, and milk. The large grains of soft wheat are representative of her eyes and are a treat only to be indulged in once a year. In North Italy, Saint Lucy brings gift to children between 12 and 13 December. Traditionally a bouquet of hay is put outside of the house for Lucy's Donkey and food in the house for Lucy to refresh them after the long night bringing gifts to every kid. In small towns, a parade with Saint Lucy is held the evening of the 12th when she goes through the main streets of the town munching sweets and candy from her cart, always together with her donkey. A Hungarian custom is to plant wheat in a small pot on St. Lucy's feast. By Christmas green sprouts appear, signs of life coming from death. The wheat is then carried to the manger scene as the symbol of Christ in the Eucharist.In the Philippines, villagers from Barangay Sta. Lucia in Magarao, Camarines Sur, hold a novena to St. Lucy nine days before her feast. A procession of the saint's image is held every morning at the poblacion or village centre during the nine days leading up to St. Lucy's Day, attracting devotees from other parts of the Bicol Region. Hymns to the saint, known as the Gozos, as well as the Spanish version of the Ave Maria are chanted during the dawn procession, which is followed by a Mass.The feast day is also commemorated in Barangay Sucad in Apalit Pampanga after the traditional nine-day novena, where a whole day celebration is observed through Eucharistic Masses, festivals and the procession of the religious sculpture of Sta. Lucia in the evening before the evening Mass.NamesakesChurches Church of St. Lucia at the Tomb (Church of St. Lucia Outside the Walls), Syracuse, Sicily, ItalySanta Lucìa alla Badìa, Siracusa, adjoining the Cathedral of Syracuse, Sicily, ItalyChiesa di Santa Lucia, Belpasso, Catania, Sicily, ItalyBasilica di Santa Lucia a Mare, Naples, ItalyChurch of San Geremia and the grave of Saint Lucy, Venice, ItalyArchdiocesan Shrine of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, PhilippinesSaint Lucy of Syracuse Parish, Sasmuan, Pampanga Places St. Lucia, a country in the CaribbeanBarangay Sta. Lucia, Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesBarangay Sta. Lucia, Pasig, Metro Manila, PhilippinesBorgo Santa Lucia, Naples, ItalyPort St. Lucie, Florida, United StatesSaint Lucy, Barbados, CaribbeanSainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, Quebec, CanadaSainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, Quebec, CanadaSanta Lucia Parish Church Barangay Santa Lucia, Asturias, Cebu, PhilippinesSanta Lucia Chapel, Barangay Sucad, Apalit, Pampanga (Philippines)Santa LucÃa de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, SpainSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur, PhilippinesSanta LucÃa, La Rioja, ArgentinaSanta Lucia, Magarao, Camarines Sur, PhilippinesSanta LuÄ‹ija, MaltaSanta LuÄ‹ija, GozoSanta Lucia Mountains, California, United StatesSta. Lucia, Asturias, Cebu, PhilippinesSta. Lucia Village Phase 4, Punturin, Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesSt. Lucie County, Florida, United StatesSt. Lucie Village, Florida, United StatesSt. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSt Lucia, Queensland, AustraliaSt. Lucy's Holy Well, Killua Castle, Clonmellon, County Westmeath, IrelandSanta Luzia, Minas Gerais, BrazilSanta Luzia, ParaÃba, BrazilSanta LucÃa del Tuy, Miranda, VenezuelaSanta LucÃa, Canelones, UruguaySchoolsSt Lucia Girls High School Kauti, Nunguni, Makueni County, KenyaSta. Lucia Elementary School, Masantol, Pampanga, PhilippinesSta. Lucia Elementary School, De Castro Subd., Barangay Sta. Lucia, Pasig, PhilippinesSt. Lucy Integrated School of Manila, Malate, Manila, PhilippinesSt. Lucia's School, Kotahena, Colombo, Sri LankaSt. Lucy Catholic Elementary School, Brampton, Ontario, CanadaSt. Lucy Catholic Elementary School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (defunct)St. Lucy Catholic Elementary School, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaSt. Lucy’s Primary School, Abronhill, North Lanarkshire, ScotlandSta. Lucia High School Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesSanta Lucia Catholic School, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesSt. Lucy's Priory High School, Glendora, California, United StatesSt. Lucy Day School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesSt. Lucy's School of Archdiocese of Pampanga, Sasmuan, Pampanga, PhilippinesSt. Lucy's School (dedicated in 1955), Bronx, New York, United StatesSta. LucÃa del Tuy, Miranda, VenezuelaSt Lucy's School for children with disabilities, Wahroonga (Sydney), AustraliaOtherSanta LucÃa Hill, otherwise known as Cerro Huelen, Santiago, ChileVenezia Santa Lucia railway station, Venice, ItalySta. Lucia Mall, Cainta, Rizal, PhilippinesHospital Oftalmológico Santa LucÃa, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Location: Orange, California
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Artist: Noreen Larinde
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Noreen Larinde
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Material: Canvas, Oil
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Biblical, Cathedrals, Christ, Community Life, Figures, Flowers, Inspirational, Ladies, Monument, Mythology, Nuns, Plants, Silhouettes, States & Counties, Still Life, Street Art, Women, Saint Lucy
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 39 1/4 in
Theme: Americana, Art, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Events & Festivals, Exhibitions, Fantasy, Floral, History, Mythological, People, Portrait, Religious, Social History
Style: Abstract, Americana, Avant-garde, Contemporary Art, Expressionism, Fantasy, Figurative Art, Modernism, Portraiture, Realism, Surrealism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 27 1/2 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 2010-2019
