“Waiting”, Original Contemporary figurative art of a woman sitting on a staircase outside wearing gray and blue, painting by Utah Contemporary Artist Linda Dalton Walker, 16” x 12”, Oil on linen.

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist. Original Contemporary Figurative art of the back of woman sitting on an outdoor staircase while wearing gray and blue with a head scarf, “Waiting”, 16” x 12”, Oil on Linen, $350.00.

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“Stages of Womanhood I”, Original Contemporary figurative Art of Three Women in orange, purple, and pink in front of Great Salt Lake, painting by Utah Contemporary Artist Linda Dalton Walker, Triptych 10” x 23”, Oil on Linen

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist, Original Contemporary figurative Art of Three Women in orange, purple, and pink in front of Great Salt Lake, “Stages of Womanhood I”, Triptych  10” x 23”, Oil on Linen, $500.00

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"Apostle of the Apostles", Original Contemporary Figurative Art of Mary Magdalene in red with hand on heart, painting by Utah Contemporary Artist Linda Dalton Walker, 48" x 34", Oil on Linen

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist. Original Contemporary Figurative art of Mary Magdalene in red with hand over heart. "Apostle of the Apostles", 48" x 34", Oil on Linen, $2,000.00

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“Seven Demons”, Original figurative and portrait of Mary Magdalene dealing with the seven demons, she is wearing gold, 60” x 48”, Oil on linen

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist, Original figurative and portrait art of Mary Magdalene dealing with the seven demons, she is a portrait in the center of the image with the stages of womanhood behind her, the image edges have the seven different demons she had to deal with and overcome in her life, “Seven Demons”, 60” x 48”, Oil on linen, $5,000.00.

Mary Magdalene had been possessed by seven demons, even after doing

 all her spiritual leader had instructed her to do in order to release the demons.

              

This instruction involved solitude, fasting, shaving her head, and living solitary in a cave.

However, in the cave, after she was possessed by Abaddon, and unable to control her life and stave off the demons, she jumped into the abyss to end her life. 

Amazingly she lived by landing on a large tree (tree of life?) and then crawled through the desert to a group of people where she found her companions. The companions, who had been listening to Jesus, asked if the Messiah would remove the demons from her. He laid his hands on her head, and though it pulled him close to death, the demons left her and she was healed.

She clasped her hands on her head and began sobbing.

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“Mary Magdalene and Montsegur”, Original figurative painting of Mary Magdalene in red, green, and white in front of Montsegur in France, 48” x 60”, Oil on linen.

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist, Original figurative art of Mary Magdalene in red, green, and white in front of Montsegur in France, Cathars believed there was both an early Christ, who was the husband or consort of Mary Magdalene, and a heavenly Christ, who was the Pure among the pure, “Mary Magdalene and Montsegur”, 48” x 60”, Oil on linen, $4,500.00.

MARY MAGDALENE AND MONTSEGUR

Pope Innocent III called crusades to be fought in France. Local heretics, not Muslims, were now the important enemy. The group targeted for death was the Cathars, who followed a religious pathway apart from the Roman Catholic Church.

The Cathars condemned many things dear to the Roman Church, such as the ornate vestments, the holy relics, the lavish altars, the bread and wine, and the cross itself. The Cathars saw no scriptural justification for a pope. Pope Innocent III had been ruthless in his demands for the total supremacy of the papacy throughout the western world. In addition, Cathars believed there was both an earthly Christ, who was the husband or consort of Mary Magdalene, and a heavenly Christ, who was the Pure among the pure.

     The church approved the burning to death of everyone that could be identified, or even suspected, as a Cathar.

     In May 1243, an army consisting of ten thousand men, a surprising number given both the time and the mountainous nature of the region, took position around Montsegur (deep in the vales of the Ariege Pyreenees, France) and marked the beginning of what would become a  year-long siege. Enormous stone throwers, some only three hundred feet from the castle ramparts, were set up to help gain control.

     The population of the Montsegur pog at the time of the siege was about five hundred. All those who surrendered would have their lives spared and be left alone, if they made sincere confession of their sins and took an oath to follow the Roman Catholic Church.

     On the night before the surrender, four perfecti escaped. Did they carry certain secrets – documents to be stored in a safe place?

     Two hundred five Cathars refused to confess their errors and persisted in their faith. A pyre was immediately erected, and the “heretics” hastened to it, singing like people who were assured of returning to the original purity of a time when evil had not yet troubled the progress of the world. 

    

 (In part from Montsegur and the Mystery of the Cathars by Jean Markale & dungeon, Fire and Sword by John J Robinson)

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“PHOENIX – REBIRTH”, Original Contemporary figurative art of a woman as the phoenix rising out of a cocoon, reds, golds, and purples, painting by Utah Contemporary Artist Linda Dalton Walker, 40” x 30”, oil on linen.

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist, Original oil painting of a woman as a Phoenix rising out of a cocoon in reds, golds, purples, “Phoenix -rebirth”, 40” x 30”, oil on linen, $700.00

The quintessence of rebirth, it rises from its ashes as the spiritual body rises from the dead physical form, as the new sun rises from the old. It is the new condition reached when the return to life is accomplished, namely the resurrection.

From the body of the parent, a young Phoenix issues forth, destined to live as long a life as its predecessor. When this has grown up and gained sufficient strength, it lifts its nest from the tree (its own cradle and its parent's sepulcher), and carries it to the city of Heliopolis in Egypt, and deposits it in the temple of the Sun.

from Bulfinch's Mythology

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“Waiting”, Original Contemporary figurative art of a woman sitting on a staircase outside wearing gray and blue, painting by Utah Contemporary Artist Linda Dalton Walker, 16” x 12”, Oil on linen.

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist. Original Contemporary Figurative art of the back of woman sitting on an outdoor staircase while wearing gray and blue with a head scarf, “Waiting”, 16” x 12”, Oil on Linen, $350.00.

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“Writing Her Gospels”, Original Contemporary Figurative Art of Mary Magdalene writing her gospels in the mountains surrounding France. She is wearing gold and white, painting by Utah Contemporary artist Linda Dalton Walker, 22 x 36, oil on linen

Linda Dalton Walker Contemporary Artist. Original contemporary figurative art of Mary Magdalene in a cave writing her gospels while wearing gold and white, and there is a secondary image of her in red and gold ready to ascend.  “Writing Her Gospels”, 22 x 36, oil on linen, $500.00.

WRITING HER GOSPELS

There are numerous

tales and legends

about Mary Magdalene

living in Southern France,

especially Provence, after

the resurrection of Christ.

There is a cave at Ste. Baume

where she is said to

have lived the last thirty years of

her life writing her gospels.

A tradition from the place tells of

Mary and heavenly sound:

Each morning a group of

 angels would lift

Mary up along the cliff

face to the summit,

there to experience the entire

choir of angelic hosts,

 the divine sounds of

original and continuing creation.

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