Paintings - "De Historia et Veritate"
“De Historia et Veritate" (Of History and Truth) by Richard Michelle-Pentelbury
Painted in Renaissance glazes, this painting spans time spent on Canada’s Plains of Abraham (in old Quebec City) from the Greco-Romans to the present, in which life and art is up for barter. A woodcarver renders the figure of Don Quixote on a Unicorn; English cricketers play a game on the historic battlefield; a calesh (horse drawn taxi) has the Winter Olympic games symbol on it; the auctioneers sport the secret symbol of the unicorn society; the bystanders wear periodic dress; the distant river is the Saint Lawrence; the buildings are an amalgam of Canadian cities; the Saint George gates draw the bystanders through; and the girl in the red dress (endemic to many of the artist’s works) looks back as is to say, “Coming to join us?”
Painted in Renaissance glazes, this painting spans time spent on Canada’s Plains of Abraham (in old Quebec City) from the Greco-Romans to the present, in which life and art is up for barter. A woodcarver renders the figure of Don Quixote on a Unicorn; English cricketers play a game on the historic battlefield; a calesh (horse drawn taxi) has the Winter Olympic games symbol on it; the auctioneers sport the secret symbol of the unicorn society; the bystanders wear periodic dress; the distant river is the Saint Lawrence; the buildings are an amalgam of Canadian cities; the Saint George gates draw the bystanders through; and the girl in the red dress (endemic to many of the artist’s works) looks back as is to say, “Coming to join us?”
"De Historia et Veritate" by Richard Michelle-Pentelbury
Original Canvas:
5 x 4 feet
5 x 4 feet
