Painted size: 40 x 30. Framed size 43 x 33cm. Standard, Iridescent & Metallic Acrylics 41 x 30cm. An abstract still inspired by Vasily Kandinsky...circles [perfection]...triangles [an aesthetic form in space]...a design triggered by thoughts following my 'Ophir to Nineveh' series of paintings.

Painted size: 40 x 30. Framed size 43 x 33cm. Standard, Iridescent & Metallic Acrylics 41 x 30cm. An abstract still inspired by Vasily Kandinsky...circles [perfection]...triangles [an aesthetic form in space]...a design triggered by thoughts following my 'Ophir to Nineveh' series of paintings

Painted Size: 40 x 30. Framed size 43 x 33cm. From Ophir to Nineveh A Quartet. Take a Journey with me in my Imagination. The circle motif? Inspired by Kandinsky's "Auf Satten Flecken" [full of stains] 1929. And then John Mansfield's poem "Cargoes" 1924. A Felucca with Lateen sails [boat]. Frankincense. Myrrh. Cinnamon & Clove. 41 x 30cm canvas. Acrylic paints including metallic and iridescent finishes.The Poem as far as I remember has but three verses.... Verse [1] "Quinquereme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to sunny Palestine, With a cargo of Ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedar-wood, and sweet white wine."

Painted size: 40 x 30. Framed Size: 43 x 33cm. Details as above

Painted size: 40 x 30. Framed size: 43 x33cm.

Painted size: 40 x 30. Framed size: 43 x 33cm.

40 x 30cm. Framed size 43 x 33cm. Starboard harbour markers...twilight becomes night...a voyage of discovery?

50 x 40cm. Framed 54 x 44cm. A thought on the Classic Christmas song...I saw three ships come sailing in, But to where?

50 x 40cm. Framed 54 x 44cm. A thought on the Classic Christmas song.

50 x 40cm. Framed 54 x 44cm. A thought on the Classic Christmas song.

40 x 30cm canvas. 43 x 33cm Framed.The sun god. Selene the moon goddess & Eos the dawn. Eos from the edge of the oceans surrounding the world...

In some solar myths the sun is paired with the moon. The two may be husband and wife, brother and sister, or two brothers. In the mythology of many Native Americans, the sun god and moon god are sister and brother who also become forbidden lovers. In some accounts, the moon flees in shame when he learns that his lover is also his sister. This is why the moon leaves the sky when the sun comes near.

40 x 30cm unframed. 46 x 36cm framed. Canvas. Standard, iridescent & metallic Acrylics. PLEASE accept that the Greek Gods & Goddesses are open to much speculation and alternative names & connections. As with any of my artworks suspend reason and come on a journey with me... The Hesperides were the guardians of the Golden Apples given by Gia [earth goddess] to Hera [love & marriage] when she married Zeus [king of the gods, ruler of Olympos]. The Hesperides are Aegel [sun, light, radiance]. Erethea [red]. Hesperos [evening, swift]. All three are the source of the golden light of sunset. 

40 x 30cm Unframed, Framed 46 x36cm. Selene? Is an ancient deity the daughter of the Titans Hyperion & Theia and possibly pre-dating the Olympos deities where Artemis & Luna. She is described as being 'fair-winged' by Homer [a bird-reference?]. Selene is classically depicted as a beautiful pale-faced woman. Selene is possibly derived from Selas as in Boreion Selas meaning 'brightness' as in the modern Greek for the Aurora Borealis [the Northern Lights]. Then there is Selenolgy the study of our moon's geology and the chemical element Selenium..... Artemis? An ancient Greek deity [goddess] the daughter of Zeus & Leto also the twin of Apollo. Later as a Titaness she became a moon goddess along with Selene. Homer refers to her as 'The Mistress of the Animals', the goddess of the hunt........ Phoebe? The gold-wreathed one also one of the original Titans and along with Selene also associated with the moon. The mother of Leto..the grandmother of Apollo & Artemis....... Titans? A race of powerful deities, the descendants of Gaia, the Primal earth goddess & Uranus, the Sky Father. The Titans ruled during the Golden Age [one of some 5-6 or more?] a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability & prosperity...Further generations of Titans followed......... Please accept that I'm not an expert of Greek Mythology [in fact it does my scientific head in] I simply use it for the title.

40 x 30cm. [unframed]. 46 x 36cm. [framed]. Standard, metallic & iridescent acrylics. Atlanta was a very beautiful goddess  could run as fast as a deer. She had been told by an oracle that marriage would only bring her bad-luck. Her father, none the less wanted her married off. It was agreed between them that if a suitor could out-run her then she would marry...many tried & failed. Hippomenese [aka Melanion] knew that in a fair foot-race he would never win. The Cypriot Greek goddess Aphrodite aware of his plight, gave him three golden apples...sort of drop them along the way...hope she stops & picks them up...it worked...he won the hand of Atlanta in marriage...but he forgot to say thank you to Aphrodite. She turned the happy couple into lions...The oracle was correct. 

The ' Golden Apple' a mystical forbidden fruit that figures widely in many ethnic folk legends. In some it is the divine food of the gods. Perhaps even the source of mortality. These mystic golden apples are in fabled, distant orchards and fiercely protected by a variety of monsters. Being golden these apples are the object of both desire and theft. Perhaps even in the distant biblical tracts the apple of Adams temptation? The Golden apples are also the genesis of the Trojan War. In most of the European ethnic folk legends the golden apples in addition to the Greek Myths are stolen from various kings [Russia, Germany, Serbia, Bulgaria & Romania]. These golden apples figure in art, poetry & opera.

The golden apple of Greece was perhaps the Golden Quince originating in the middle east. It could also be the magical Cathay Golden Orange which uniquely fruit & flower at the same time. From the land of the Inca's we have The Golden Apple [pommo d'oro] the love apple...the tomato.

The Three Golden Balls? The symbol of Lombardy and the Lombard financial family adopted by the money lending pawnbrokers...a leap of faith is required here.

40 x 30cm canvas. 43 x 33cm Framed. Starting point: a 24 x 16cm, 19th. Century, or earlier, window keystone [central headstone] from a long gone demolished building. I found this some 40 years-ago back in my university days in Bradford. Today a feature on my garden fence. Green Man images date back into antiquity: perhaps with pagan overtones, perhaps pre-dating Christianity; the term was first introduce in 1939 by Lady Raglan. The Amphibian hanging from his mouth? A Frog? A Toad? A symbol of disgust...the moist skin...unclean spirits...a witches familiar and despised by the church...to the Egyptians a fertility symbol etc. Then in ancient tracts the moon is a man-eater approaching the border of life & death itself or even immortality...So just perhaps this is the work of a disgruntled stonemason trying to hex the skin-flint builder/owner?...Oh the face? Iridescent Blue/Green/Red/Purples on white canvas not the normal black a more eerie effect...perhaps?

75 x 50cm. Framed 81 x 56cm. An ashlar is a perfect cube. Triangles are mankind being lead to perfection by artists. Circles are perfect. Spheres are perfection. The larger canvas gives more space for the imagination to fill. Please note: there are some 13 tones of green and this is a compromise image.

 30 x 80 x 4cm. Gallery wrapped. Think of sunrise, mid-day, sunset...think of light...think of dark...think of shade but not shadow. Inspired by a visit to the unique Greek Island of Symi.

 30 x 80 x 4cm. Gallery wrapped. Think of sunrise, mid-day, sunset...think of light...think of dark...think of shade but not shadow. Inspired by a visit to the unique Greek Island of Symi.

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 30 x 80 x 4cm. Gallery wrapped. Think of sunrise, mid-day, sunset...think of light...think of dark...think of shade but not shadow. Inspired by a visit to the unique Greek Island of Symi.

50 x 40cm. Framed 54 x 44cm. A collection of glasses and bottles? or is it?