St. Hildegard Von Bingen Retablo Patronage of Mystics, Writers, Composers, Visionaries and Philosophers. She was founder of natural history in Germany. She started having visions at the age of three. Instructed by God she wrote her visions down in a book called Scivias (Know the Way). She wrote visionary theology, botanical and medicinal works, supervised illuminations of her work and wrote coral music that is still produced to this day.
"Humanity, take a good look at yourself, inside, you have heaven and earth, and all creation.You are a world, everything is hidden in you. There is music of heaven in all things and we have forgotten how to hear it until we sing."
Pocket - 1 1/2" x 2 3/4"
About the Artist
Lynn Garlick started carving, painting, and producing her retablos in 1993. Her workshop is located in the high desert town of Taos, New Mexico, a landscape richly steeped in religious iconography and history. The retablo, or ʻboard behind the alterʼ, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800ʼs in response to the lack of Bibles and Icons being sent from the church in Rome. The Santero (saint maker) painted retablos from pigment collected and ground from the local surroundings. The boards were hand hewed usually of ponderosa pine or tin. The practice has carried down through the generations and is still done this way today. Lynn paints her originals retablos on traditional pine boards carving and then paints them. To create her production work the images are mounted on baltic birch.
