Cupid, Perseus, Pegasus & Co.

A collection of mostly very small paintings that address the irony of invisiblity in visual art.

Whilst retaining some themes and motifs of familiar myths I detach elements from some unsavory narratives used in the history of art and rework them as abstracted alternatives.

I am fascinated by the way that historical figurative painting makes visible the invisible and happily depicts the impossible, so I play with these ideas in the language of abstraction to side step unwelcome meanings. Thus Cupid is a just suggestion of wings and Perseus is implied by his Helmet of Invisibility. With Perseus and Andromeda there is something of the sea and surf and fear in the painting while avoiding the usual salacious element of the subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: Cupid # 9. oil on canvas, 25 x 25 x 3.5 cm. 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: Perseus and Andromeda, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 x 4 cm. 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: Pegasus # 1, aka Pegasus at the silver mine, 30 x 30 x 4 cm. oil and metailic flakes on canvas, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: Perseus # 2, oil on canvas, 25 x 25 x 3.5 cm. 2013