September Moon, 1971-72
Acrylic
25 x 30 cms
9 7/8 x 11 3/4 ins
9 7/8 x 11 3/4 ins
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Today, for many artists, it’s ‘out’ to be interested in these things. Going to the moon for instance – this incredible thing that has happened in our time – doesn’t make the Bible any less wonderful. If anything, it makes it more marvellous. Just as people now say that the romance has gone out of the moon. I saw it the other night, huge over the roofs. Very low, very pale. To me it still looks absolutely astounding. Men have walked on it. But the mystery has remained.In relation to my ideas as a youngster about the melancholy and solitude of the monks, I really did understand – and I learnt this through seeing pictures of St Jerome, not through literature – why certain men in the past hid themselves away in dark corners with very large, thick books. I thought it was by far the best thing to do. And if I imagined anything like that, then I thought of a largish bare room where somehow I could live painting, almost without eating or drinking. Drawing and painting is a religion if you give your heart and soul to it.
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Today, for many artists, it’s ‘out’ to be interested in these things. Going to the moon for instance – this incredible thing that has happened in our time – doesn’t make the Bible any less wonderful. If anything, it makes it more marvellous. Just as people now say that the romance has gone out of the moon. I saw it the other night, huge over the roofs. Very low, very pale. To me it still looks absolutely astounding. Men have walked on it. But the mystery has remained.In relation to my ideas as a youngster about the melancholy and solitude of the monks, I really did understand – and I learnt this through seeing pictures of St Jerome, not through literature – why certain men in the past hid themselves away in dark corners with very large, thick books. I thought it was by far the best thing to do. And if I imagined anything like that, then I thought of a largish bare room where somehow I could live painting, almost without eating or drinking. Drawing and painting is a religion if you give your heart and soul to it.
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008
Walk to the Moon - the Story of Albert Houthuesen, The Putney Press 2008