Paintings
Dreams of Ascension
1100x1100 oil on canvas
Hollow of the Demons (Lugnademon)
Croagh Patrick (Irish: Cruach Phádraig, meaning '(Saint) Patrick's stack')’ nicknamed 'the Reek', is a mountain with a height of 764 m (2,507 ft) and an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo, Ireland. The mountain has a pyramid-shaped peak and overlooks Clew Bay, rising above the village of Murrisk, several kilometers from Westport. It has long been seen as a holy mountain. It was the focus of a prehistoric ritual landscape, and later became associated with Saint Patrick, who is said to have spent forty days fasting on the summit. There has been a church on the summit since the 5th century; the current church dates to the early 20th century. Croagh Patrick is climbed by thousands of pilgrims every year on Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July, a custom which goes back to at least the Middle Ages.
According to legend St Patrick fasted for 40 days and nights exercising the demons on top of the mountain. He was harassed by a flock of black demonic birds and was tormented by a Demonic female serpent on the mountain, named Corra(Caorthannach), who he banished into Lough Na Corra below the mountain, or into a hollow from which the lake burst forth. banished them into the hollow of Lugnademon ("hollow of the demons") ,entrance to the underworld.
He rang his bell ending the fast when God gave him the right to judge the Irish at the last Judgment.
Personally I believe this entrance to be the original entrance to an Ancient Gold mine, that was drawn gold from the great golden vein that runs through the mountain. Now covered by a church.
There were plans to mine the Gold which was stopped by the Locals with the help of Sir David Attenborough. Turning Croagh Patrick into a Natural Heritage Site.
Cronos
Cronos Rules the Heavens after castrating his father Uranus. Cronus is told a prophecy by his mother Gaia, that one of his children will overthrow him and take the throne of heaven. He then has a union with the Goddess Rhea, who bears his children.
Afraid of the prophecy he tells Rhea to bring each new born child to him, swallowing each infant whole. Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon all get swallowed by Cronus. However, instead of Zeus. She wraps a rock in a blanket and tricks Cronus into swallowing the rock instead of Zeus, who then goes on to complete the prophecy.
Cronus Is associated with the planet Saturn, and his day is Saturday.
Tuatha De Danann
This commissioned ceiling painting was painted with oil on canvas, which was later pasted to the ceiling.
Unfortunately most of these outlines have been taken from old paintings and other sources. due to budget. There is obvious outlines of Frank Frazetta, other greek paintings and some outlines of my own.
Regardless of the Theft of other artists. The plan was to create a ceiling painting that reflected the story of Celtic Mythology. Telling the story of the Tuatha De Danann and their enemies, The Fomorians. Including other Mythological creatures and Gods within the Pantheon, like Cerrenous, The Morrigan, and the Paps of Anu.
The White Rider
The White Rider
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
I wanted to do a painting of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. But then decided to maybe paint them individually. Although there seems to be some debate on who the white rider may be.
I now look at this painting and see that is incorrect, as I have learned through my studies that the four beasts, who I have depicted as Satyres are in fact Known as the Four Heavenly Beasts or creatures that appear in the book of Ezekiel. It is described as a Cherubine with four heads, or four Cherubine, that of the head of a Griffin, the head of a bull, the head of a lion, and the head of a bearded man which can be associated with the four cardinal points, which in other cultures are associated with the four elements, colours, and planets within our solar system.
St. Valentine
Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his Saints' Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy and beekeepers. Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and his body buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14, which has been observed as the Feast of Saint Valentine (Saint Valentine's Day) since at least the eighth century
A popularly ascribed hagiographical identity appears in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). Alongside a woodcut portrait of Valentine, the text states that he was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius Gothicus. He was arrested and imprisoned upon being caught marrying Christian couples and otherwise aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted by Claudius in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was considered a crime. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner. However, when Valentinus tried to convert the Emperor, he was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stones. When that failed to kill him, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate. Various dates are given for the martyrdom or martyrdoms: 269, 270, or 273
Martyr Of Science
Controversial one.
Giordano Bruno…. Martyr of Science
Giordano Bruno was a monk that worked for the Vatican in the late 15 hundreds. He translated a lot of the old texts and scribes. During his work he came to the conclusion That the world was not flat but round. He also suggested that Mary. May not have been a Virgin after all.
For Heresy in 1600, they stripped him naked, hung him upside down on a pyre and burnt him..?
This Watercolour is really just an exercise for myself. The challenge was to paint a large crowd with a few horses, without reference in a short period of time. I suppose I treat it like a digital concept illustration, only in watercolour. Cheekily done in the style of Rembrandt’s illustration of the crucifixion of Christ.
