Vessels

This series of paintings entitled Vessels were created just before I started the PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) a year ago. I was researching into Alchemy in particular focusing on the devices that were used by the early chemists to create their liquids and substances. These devices often described in etchings or engravings were symbolic to other mythological references. For example, the womb was represented as a vessel. I was interested in the devices themselves, as magical machines often dreamt up in the early chemist or Alchemists workshop who were aiming to reach higher spiritual planes.

 

 

 

Clock, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 cm 

 

 

Transformation, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 41 x 30 cm

 

 

Hive I, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 41 x 36 cm

 

 

Hive II, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 41 x 36 cm