Risen Catalogue - Monnow Valley Arts Centre

20Nigel Groom(born 1947)Ascendit Deus 2012Acrylic with impasto and gold leaf on canvas, 90 × 90 cmSigned on the reverseNigel writes:The piece is a reworking of my painting of the Ascension fromthe Stations of the Resurrection which were completed in2011 and are partly inspired by the Gregorian setting of theMass of the Ascension.Alleluia! Ascendit Deus in jubilatione etDominus in voce tubae (Psalm 46:6)The Ascension for me is the great moment when the mysteryof the incarnation becomes visible in its fullness. It is anexpression of absolute joy, of being uplifted and taken out ofoneself in ecstasy (ekstasis).40