Mother and Child

As her work matured, Ângela started using the cultural and spiritual dimensions of the triangle to establish her own style. Trindadism, as it came to be known, was a language more suited to her times but also where the artist found the possibility of bringing together the cultural, artistic and religious influences from the East and West.
Trindade exercised this style both in secular and religious themes. In a classic composition of Mother and Child the artist uses a subtle palette in tone with the naturing theme of the painting. Both characters have Indian features and shades in an inculturation process that Ângela believed to be the path to bring Christianity closer to the people of India.
References: Gracias, Fátima, Ângela Trindade: A Trinity of Colour, Light and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Panjim, Goa, 2016; Eiland, William U. at all, António Xavier Trindade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa (exhibition catalogue), Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996.