Celliers-Barnard, Bettie2016-07-062016-07-0619672010http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53879Simplification of form as expressed in Bettie’s particular visionary and technical idiom placed her in the company of the European Modernists. In this work, organic structure, reminiscent of germinating plants or pods, create the universal movement of the title. The light on these opened-up rounded forms emphasizes birth suggesting spiritual awakening.1240mm x 1530mmOil on canvasCopyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.Spiritual awakeningPainting -- South AfricaArts, Modern -- 20th centuryImage