NATURE WINS is a 24” diameter spherical painting that plays off of Villers Abbey in Belgium.
It was founded in 1146 and was abandoned in 1796. Accounts suggest that roughly 100 monks and 300 lay brothers resided within its walls. In 1893, the Belgian State purchased the site and launched a conservation effort. Classed as an official historic site in 1973, the abbey has subsequently enjoyed considerable restoration. .
Over the years plants have come to take it over. 
The mixture between man and nature makes it very interesting to me.
Because I didn’t know what the whole building looked like from this one spot, I made up some of this building as to what I thought it should look like. I exaggerated the plants to show more of their energy and power. I opened up the floor with cracks letting in more plants but also showing the building may be floating in the sky. As nature attacks man’s creation so does the cat move after the birds. This piece was in process for over four months.
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Just wanted you to know that my first glance at the sphere (on Facebook) made me think “cathedral”. This was before I knew you were looking for input on names and before I read about the abbey.
word to your sphere homie!