A Creative Katabasis

The Guards/ River Lethe and Lake Mnemosyne, (2025), wire, plaster of Paris, modroc, fabric and acrylic
paint, 2 x 3 m.

^{These mixed media sculptures are representational both figuratively as guards of Hades, to which
approaching souls must answer to in accordance with the Gold Tablets’ guidance and metaphorically as
the River Lethe and Lake Mnemosyne, their wireframes tangled with the many souls who have tried to
path though their waters.}

I am a child of Earth and starry Sky, (2025), oil pastel on card, 59.4 x 84.1 cm.

_{This is the first of three drawings inspired by the sacred phrase which a soul must tell the Guards to the
house of Hades according to several of the Gold Tablets. Both the artwork and the line it references can
be interpreted in Hesiodic terms; as representing Gaia and Ouranos, locked in a reproductive embrace at
the start of the universe, or in Orphic terms; as presenting the biform soul part heavenly/ Dionesian and
part earthly/ Titanic.}

But my tribe is heavenly, (2025), oil pastel on card, 59.4 x 84.1 cm.

^{The second in the series, this drawing represents the start of the creation myth as presented by the Orphic
Theogony. This differs significantly from the Hesiodic creation alluded to above; Gaia and Ouranos are
still present but they are decentralised and instead held in the double embrace of both Phranes and Nyx.}

But grant me cold water flowing from the Lake of Memory, (2025), oil pastel on card, 59.4 x 84.1 cm.

^{As the final piece in the pastel series, this drawing represents the initiated soul fulfilling the path laid out
for them in the Gold Tablets and gaining access to the Lake of Memory, an achievement that will free
them from the cycle of reincarnation and perhaps even grant them communion with the Chathonic Queen
(Persephone).}

Kids, fallen into milk, (2025), oil on stretched canvas, plastic, milk and water, 50 x 31 x 25 cm.

^{This piece represents the climax of the initiated soul’s journey as they are released from the “heavy
difficult circle” and enter a new phase of ecstatic existence among the meadows of the blessed.}

Orpheus of All Things, (2025), card, clay, plaster of Paris and acrylic, 50 x 35 x 40 cm.

^{This sculpture represents the multiplicity of Orpheus and the many legacies and traditions that have
claimed him. Each face represents a different aspect; encompassing Orpheus the Prophet, the Author, the
Musician, the Hero, the Lover, the Christian Allegory, the Jewish Teacher, the Egyptian and the
Pythagorean, while the fingers point outwards at the viewer inviting them to create their own conception
of Orpheus.}

Various Composition Sketches, (2024), Ink and Oil Pastel on Paper, 21 x 29 cm.