Mater Suspirorium

One night like many others, I was gazing upon the river flowing beneath my house. Towering above it was the full moon and in the cold of the night, everything was still, only the stream of the water moving ever so slightly. This made the moon's golden reflection glimmer on the water in an unfathomable beauty. Completely consummate I pondered the reflection and the light took to my heart, I looked at it in awe knowing that its beauty could never be captured. No photograph or painting could ever do it justice, poor mockery and imitation it would be; however this did not sway the jester in me, who set to work on trying to capture the essence of that beauty I witnessed. This imagery is at the centre of the painting, looming above the reflection is the figure of the moon in the shape of a hooded woman. The title of the painting "Mater Suspirorium" is dog-Latin combining the words: mater- matron, and suspirium; being a deep breath, or gasp. Referring not only to how the moment took my breath away in its awe-ful beauty. But also a reference to one of my all-time favourite movies, the 1977 "Suspiria" by the Italian director Dario Argento.