Hermes # 1

This painting is part of a developing body of work that refers to narratives of Classical Myth so often mined in the art of the past and the paradoxical practice of visualising the invisible or impossible which painting reveals. These paintings aim to dissolve the familiar narrative, the solidified metaphor, and to open up other meanings and feelings. Stories of Hermes a.k.a. Mercury do not endear him to me, he turned his lover’s sister to stone out of spite, however to be able to whiz around in a winged cap has some fascination.