Erebus and the Hesperides

Sunrises, evening skies, nocturnal preambles feed the soul, nurture the spirit, and provide quiet moments for gentle reflection, and although we do not always acknowledge the significance of those experiences, old thoughts which once fed the mind are rediscovered, re-examined and again placed back far beyond reach.

My Art is an accumulation of rediscovered, re-examined experiences assembled together in well shaped and organised forms. Drawing from the pantheon of Art history I have taken from the best and created my own voice in order to build my own world around me - my private sense of the familiar.

Taken from Greek mythology the Hesperides are a group of nymphs entrusted to protect a beautiful garden located at the furthest point in the west, where the sky meets the horizon.  In this garden grew a tree that bore golden apples, which were said to grant immortality to whoever consumed them.  In art history the Hesperides are often depicted as beautiful waifs associate with the  western evening skies and the setting sun. Erebus the god of the dark is said to preside in the underworld but he deftly appears following the Hesperides, bringing with his darkness across the skies.

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