hunter club re-opening - august 2026
Three paintings - ‘Bee, Dragonfly & Beetle’, ‘Pink Moon’, and ‘Duir - door to the Otherworld’.
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honey house, bee, dragonfly and beetle
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quetzalcoatl draco constellation and pink moon
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duir, doorway into dreamtime
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hanging in hunter club art centre
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bee and the raven
Sometimes I love returning to older paintings and realising that more needs to be done. I hear a lot in the writing world about the importance of editing. How if you have the chance, put your writing away for a few months or even a year, before picking it up again. The time away helps you to see with the eyes of a stranger, to read without holding things too preciously. That’s how I feel with paintings, occasionally forgetting why I had originally done something.
These three paintings I chose to put in the Hunter Club had been at Ch-alice Gallery the year before. It felt so satisfying to go and work them that bit more with a good years distance inbetween. A delightful sense of completion.
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in the beehouse
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bee cluster
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dragonfly , beetle and bee
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little beetle with silver bells on ankles
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lemon balm and mugwort, detail of the beehouse
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a real mugwort leaf about to be glued on to the canvas and covered in silverleaf
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drawing, inspired by giotto
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how it looked at ch-alice before final work
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final version
Bee, Dragonfly & Beetle
A silver thread, lining, trail, an edge.
Through outer space Into the far below. Firmly planted in soil immemorial.
Can you hear the bells on ankles of beetles?
Bee Cluster in distant skies.
Generosity flows, overflowing, caught in an earthen vessel. Abundant golden nectar healing balm.
Smoke rises, plants heal.
The Dragonfly Galaxy confounds the astrophysicist with darkness that transcends dark matter.
2023/2026 - 76cm x 101cm - acrylic, gouache, mica (ethically sourced), paint pens, pencil, silverleaf, goldleaf, silver paint and a mugwort leaf on canvas
Pink Moon
Pink moon, Draco Constellation and Cat’s Eye Nebula. The building blocks of stars and entities Liminal edges of myth & legend.
Feathered Serpent Quetzacoatl God of Wind, Venus, sun, merchants, arts, crafts, and knowledge.
Wisdom Earth & Water. Learning, writing and books.
Emunah is faith. Breathe.
2022/2026 - 75.5cm x 92cm - acrylic, gouache, paint pen, mica (ethically sourced), and goldleaf on canvas
Duir, entry into the otherworld
Oak, where Raven sits, is called ‘Duir’ in Celtic, meaning oak or door. In ancient teaching it was an entry to the ‘Other World’.
Raven - Keeper of Synchronicity, master of folding time & space. The blackness of Raven causes reflection.
A fractural frequency, eclipsing Dualism, we see beyond the lines.
We find Fire Salamander Cloaked in damp shade at the base of the tree, connecting both fire and water. Like a Phoenix, rising from the flames. A creature of alchemy & magic.
2022/ 2025/2026 - 110cm x 150cm - acrylic, gouache, marker pen, paint pen, silverleaf, goldleaf, silver paint on canvas