Christ
69 x 56 cm; 27 x 21 in
?The Roman Catholic Church had a tremendous influence over me, not in it?s dogmas but its grand architecture and the splendor of its services. The priest dressed in richly embroidered vestments, each of the garments from the biretta to the chasuble symbolising the accoutrement of Christ?s passion. The wooden saints painted with gold and bright colours staring vacantly out of their niches. The smell of incense. And the enormous crucifix with the impaled image of a man supposed to be the Son of God, scourged and dripping, with matted hair tangled and plaited with thorns.? F. N. Souza, Words and Lines, Nitin Bhayana Publishing, New Delhi, 1959