Lot 70: Agatha (Gathie) Falk 1928 - Canadian acrylic on

Agatha (Gathie) Falk 1928 - Canadian acrylic on canvas Heavenly Body: Moon & Cloud 57 1/2 x 44 1/2 inches 146 x 113 centimeters signed, titled and dated 2004 Provenance:Equinox Gallery, Vancouver Private Collection, Calgary Gathie Falk's extraordinary paintings of night skies began in 1979, when, on a night walk, she heard an inner voice commanding her to paint the night sky. This inspiration was unconsciously seeded in Padua in 1977 by her viewing of a fresco by Giotto of an exquisite peacock-blue sky set with sun, moon and stars. This transcendent series was followed by more explorations of this subject beginning in 1999 with her series Heavenly Bodies - stellar landscapes that included such natural phenomena as the northern lights, Comet Hale-Bopp, the stars and, as in this beautiful painting, the moon and clouds illuminated by its rays.