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More cardboard!...

Last time I was in the gallery working on the main piece I also got some work done on my cardboard obsession installation!...

This work was drawn from another smaller piece I did towards the exhibition, which you may have seen a few posts back. Although the original reference was a figurine of Homer in the British Museum, the piece is meant to be more representative of Zeus, seeing that Homer wrote many of the mythological stories(or versions of them) I thought it apt to have the greek god in the image of one of the authors...

He's also a dude with a rad beard!...
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Madame Pele, Hawaiian Goddess of Fire

Pele is often depicted as a wanderer, constantly traveling her domain. Sightings of Pele have been reported all over the islands of Hawaii for hundreds of years, but especially near craters and her home, Mount Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes on Earth.

My sketch



Pele is known for her violent temper, but also for her common visits among mortals. She is said to appear either as a tall, beautiful young woman or as a very old, ugly and frail woman. She is often accompanied by a white dog and typically tests people. Myths are told of Pele wandering up to people in the form of an old beggar woman, asking them if they have any food or drink to spare. Those who share with her are rewarded and spared. Those who are greedy and unkind to her are punished by having their homes or crops destroyed, so that they themselves may have to rely on the kindness of others.



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Merry Christmas...

Albeit a bit late, Merry Christmas!...

We've all had a few days off to do the Christmas thing but before we went some more progress has gone on with the canvas!... I worked some more flames into the canvas as a base for some of the more figurative work that is still to come in the following weeks!...

Enjoy...
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The Phoenix

Wonderfull animal, beautiful yet crazy story


A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (sun city in Greek). It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song.
I'm working on him ...

Ojo

Cardboard studies...

Some more cardboard studies, working again with Greek mythology I'm taking different stories from the history of Hephaestos the Greek god of fire and metalworking and illustrating them in as close to a time line as possible...

Obviously a bit of artistic license is allowed here so I'll be putting some spin on it!...

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