Mythology Series

"Venus", oil on canvas, 48"x36". 

" The Landing of Champlain at Couchiching Beach Park" oil on canvas,  30x 36"

In the early 1600's Samuel De Champlain passed through what is now Orillia on his way towards Georgian Bay. This was the first contact in this area between the Wendat Nation and the Europeans, who brought new technology, religion, and diseases. Fifty years later the great Wendat nation was almost gone. Today Orillia is a pleasant town. On the shores of its beautiful lake, in an idyllic Victorian park, a large bronze statue commemorates this event.

SOLD "Narkissos" 36 by 30 oil acrylic and wax on board . 

Narkissos fell in love with his own reflection in pools of water. He eventually died of unrequited love. The gods turned him into a flower. This is what happens to you...

"Lady of Pompeii" oil and acrylic on wood, 20" x 30" framed, 

"Three Dancers" acrylic 48 by 72 triptych 

This is the third and probably last incarnation of this painting. I keep working on it. The last thing I did was add the red and gold while it was hanging on the wall.

SOLD "The Sirens (Water Voice)" ink, acrylic, bees' wax, oil 36" by 48" 

   This is the story of the Sirens: they were the daughters of a river god and a Muse. They were childhood playmates of Persephone, and when she was carried off by Pluto they failed to protect her. As punishment for this, Persephone's mother Demeter turned them into half-bird creatures who could be heard singing in the forests.
    Sometime later they challenged the Muses to a singing contest and lost. As punishment for that the Muses plucked their feathers and decked themselves with them. The sirens became half woman/half fish creatures still with their beautiful voices, living in the cliffs of the islands between Sicily and Italy. Their singing bewitched passing sailors who crashed to their deaths on the rocks after trying to follow the voices. Two times the charm didn't work: when the Argonauts sailed by with Orpheus aboard, they focused on his unsurpassed music and fended off the sirens; later when Odysseus passed, he had himself lashed to the mast so that he could hear the sirens' voices but not respond to them. In despair , the Sirens cast themselves into the sea and were changed into cliffs. (Who's Who in Mythology, Alexander S. Murray, British Museum)

 

"Gaea (Water Form)" acrylic, oil, enamel, bee's wax 36" by 48" 

    Gaea, the earth goddess, formed from original chaos, second after Eros (love), followed by Erebos(darkness) and Nyx (night). Gaea gave birth to Uranos, the heavens, and Pontos, the unfruitful sea. Eros began to stir up these forces and create pairings. Gaea was paired with Uranos and they produced Titans, Hekatoncheires, and Kyklopes. The twelve Titans represented the forces of nature. The three Hekatoncheires, each with a hundred hands, represented the crashing force of waves and earthquakes. And then there were the three one-eyed Kyklopes whose flashing eye represented storms and volcanoes. Thus love created the most powerful forces of the world.
Source: Who's Who in Mythology, Alexander S Murray, British Museum.

"The Battle of the Centaurs II"  48" x 72" triptych    acrylic and oil on canvas    



"November", latex and oil on canvas, 48"x72"