The Angel

The Angel. Oil on board, 7"x5"

Available at nigelmasonart@yahoo.co.uk 

The sun was shining this morning - a rare occurrence this winter! This is the view from my window - looking left at the top of the street. 

This part of the North Devon coast is very hilly and this church stands atop one of the hills. I have to look out of an upstairs bay window to get this view. Luckily my living room is upstairs - my house being an old Victorian street house with a shop (my studio and gallery) on the ground floor and bedrooms on the upper floors.

In front of the church a bronze Angel stands on top of a column that commemorates the War dead. In front of the Angel a small path leads down to a series of steps that in turn lead down to the main road that runs through the town. Shops line the road on both sides and there's a lot of hustle and bustle with people shopping, delivery vans unloading goods, people going to and coming from work, parents taking their children to school - the town gets even busier in summer with the holiday trade. 

The angel must have witnessed some changes in the 100 years or so that it has been there but not as many as the church which dates from the 13th century.