Announcement
A new (and rather beautiful) Substack publication
Some of you may be readers of my eldest brother Addison H. Hart (to be distinguished from his son, Addison M. Hart), who lives in Norway principally because he married a little above his station. His wife is Solrunn Nes, one of the most distinguished iconographers in the world. After constant needling from one of his brothers, he and she have started a Substack newsletter devoted to Christian iconography. The articles are of course worth the price of the subscription; but, delightful to tell, the site will also feature samples of Solrunn Nes’s exquisite icons.
Though, of course, I am a mite biased in this matter, I can recommend the site with more than a little confidence.
I happen to know Solrun and am delighted to be reminded of her. I brought her to Melbourne Australia some years ago to mount an exhibition of her icons during an Orientale Lumen Conference of which I was the convenor. Visiting Bergan a few years ago I tried to meet up with her, only to find that she
I have long admired Nes's work, and recently purchased both The Uncreated Light and the The Mystical Language of Icons for the library where I work. I had no idea she was in the family. Wonderful news.