2 beautiful huge murals grace the back walls in the auditorium of the Universal Hall. They create a unique holding for the great variety of events in this space.

They were a gift by Haydn Stubbing who dedicated them to Aileen and captain Ross Stewart. He worked on them between 1977 and 1982 during visits to Findhorn.

Haydn Stubbing painting (photo Findhorn Foundation)

Haydn Stubbing painting murals in Universal Hall auditorium (photo Findhorn Foundation)

Stubbing signature on Universal Hall murals ©Mark Richards @Aurora

Next to the murals an information display tells us some more:

Stubbing Universal Hall murals info display (photo Cornelia Featherstone)

The Findhorn Murals
By Newton Haydn Stubbing 1921 – 1983
Dedicated by the artist to Aileen and Captain Ross Stewart

The murals were painted for the Universal Hall from 1977 to 1982. The most turbulent “Lindisfarne Greens” represents the energies and undercurrents of the Findhorn River with its peat-stained reds and swirling waters. The second work was named “Toward an Iona Blue” since it faces the Isle of Iona and completes the sacred triangle with Glastonbury and Lindisfarne.

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N. Haydn Stubbing. Born London 1921 – 1983. Camberwell School of Art 1946-7 and self-taught. Charter member of the School of Altamira, Spain, 1949. Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, N.Y., 1977. His work is included in the following private and public collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris at Mont Valaurien, painting: Homage to Seville
United States Steel Corporation, N.Y.C.
Panoramic paintings for the Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
Painting: The long horizon, in the cathedral Church of St.John the Divine, N.Y.C.
Painting: Widgeon Grass, Lindisfarne Fellow’s Collection at Zen Centre, Green Church, California
Seymore Knox Collection, Buffalo
Weatherspoon Collection, North Carolina
Westerdahl Museum, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.Y.C.
Chase Manhattan Bank, London
Iowa University Museum Collection, acquisition 1986
The Tate Gallery, London, new acquisition 1987

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We thank Mark Richard of Aurora Imaging for the use of featured image.

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