The reality to which the artist and the mystic are exposed is, in fact, the same. It is of their own inmost truth brought to consciousness: by the mystic, in direct confrontation, and by the artist, through reflection in the masterworks of his art.~Joseph Campbell

Had so many creative adventures in 2022. My friend asked me how I find them: By cultivating a heart open to possibilities, embracing the ridiculous, moving towards that which makes me uncomfortable & feels risky, & when I set off down a path: give everything without holding back

On Fairlight beach last summer I was meditating with the sea and an ocean goddess appeared to me. This is the painting I made there with detritus from the beach. She is wild and powerful and moves with the waxing/waning moon.

Paintings from the past that were degraded and dismembered now re-membered in new configurations to form the foundation for creative life to re-emerge...

5 paintings spanning 15 years of my creative life, composted and collaged together to form the foundation roots of a new painting...

Some more composted canvases, collaged together from 15 years of paintings ready for new creations to emerge...

Shrine to a Spirit of Springtime, made in a ritual on the equinox...

On the Equinox I made a ritual to build a shrine to celebrate and welcome the new life of Springtime.   On a patch of woodland beside an industrial estate on the edge of the city where decades of discarded rubbish had accumulated amongst the silver birch trees.

Flowers bloom slowly...

I left this painting, made in a ritual with the earth & sky, out on the mountain for a few nights, when I went to retrieve it the thunderstorm came. Using the painting to shelter me I ran down the mountain to take refuge in a goat shed where I could continue working on the piece

In all my years of making art I've never had a scorpion crawl across my canvas before! Making art out in the forests of Skiathos and the Wild Spirit keeps sending gifts...

Creating some flags for @elementary_festival at the end of the month where I'll be working together with @blackarrowstothesun On a huge ritual painting installation These pieces are for sale so drop me a message for a price list if you fancy some joyful artmagic in your life.

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