INTO THE MYSTIC series

The Candle of Vision

Oil on canvas 30 x40cm (2023)

INFLUENCES

The writings of George Russell (1867-1935), known as A.E. From his book The Candle Of Vision:

“ We have within us the Lamp of the World; and nature the genie is Slave of the Lamp, and must fashion life about us as we fashion it within ourselves. What we are alone has power.”

The Inner Eye

Oil on canvas 30 x 40cm (2024)

Influences

A singular inner vision.

The myth of Odin who gladly sacrificed an eye in order to drink water from Mimir’s well and gain wisdom. On another occasion he hung on a tree for nine whole days and nights as a sacrificial act in order to gain the runes.

Shani Oates, The Hanged God: Odin Grimnir. (2019).
“Whereas Christ saves peoples from their sins, Odin strives to save themselves from ignorance, the oldest and greatest sin – a stark contrast to the Old Testament ethic that deemed the acquisition of knowledge was sin itself.”

Going with the Flow

Oil on canvas 56 x 71cm (2024)

INFLUENCES

The Myth of Leda and the Swan
Brigid
Swan maidens

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.(1985).

“The spirit of the valley never dies.
It is called ‘the female’.
The gateway of the dark female
is called the root of ‘Heaven and Earth.’
Uninterrupted as though persistent
it is effective without effort.”