![]() ![]() ![]() Hilda’s multi-national upbringing allowed her imagination to feast on a wide variety of experiences, people, and settings. When she was sixteen, her family moved to Ireland. Born in Holland, she lived a short time in the East Indies, and then spent most of her childhood in Holland. Hilda van Stockum lived a storied life which, combined with her professional training as an artist, made her an incredible storyteller. There is need of such good sense in our world today.” – Jean Ann Sharpe quoting Hilda van Stockum at Bethlehem Books Shedding light upon ordinary things, she depicts life at its sanest and most normal. Her own commitment to Christian reality shines through the work of her hands. a common cracked cup can be beautiful.’ This truth is reflected in the stories for children, in the acclaimed paintings and in the domestic life of this artist, author, wife and mother. ![]() You don’t have to paint heroic scenes or idealized goddesses. Without light we can’t see, and all form is lost, whereas the most common and despised objects can be made beautiful by the light that plays on them. “ says, ‘It is light that creates beauty in nature. ![]()
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