It’s funny to think I’ve been drawing Badger for about 13 years, with the very first book coming out in 2007 before I really realised it was a book I was making! He’s wandered around in London, he’s been a lost Borsuk in Poland and he’s had some wonderful days out on the Isle of …
Continuing with catching up on sharing illustration work I’ve done, I’ve very much enjoyed working with Eidolon on illustrations for their articles. Subjects have ranged from zooarchaeological evidence for diets in classical Athens to classical tropes among football “ultras” to physical access issues at archaeological sites. My favourite, though, was “Can you draw Saturn Devouring …
So, I’ve realised that somehow I’ve managed to get most of my illustration commissions by word of mouth, which is just wonderful, but I’ve not really kept a record of the work I’ve had published. Perhaps it’s time to share it with you! A few years back, Jurassic London commissioned several book illustrations from me. …
The story of Harmonia, performed in a new translation into BSL by actor Charlotte Arrowsmith. Produced with support and guidance from Royal Holloway University and Dr Liz Gloyn. English version of the story in the notes below the video.
Medusa (2015) Giclée print, 60 x 85cm Medusa is shown as a creature who strikes fear into evil, but her tale begins as a priestess of Athena. As such, she would have dedicated herself to learning and trusted that when the goddess of long-term plans transformed her into a weapon, there was a reason for …
Artemis (2015) Giclée print, 60 x 85cm Edition of ten At the sanctuary to Artemis at Brauron, girls on the cusp of adulthood served the goddess – sometimes for as long as four years. They were called the Arktoi, the little she-bears and they served to atone for the injury of a bear in the …
Hecate (2015) Giclée print, 60 x 85cm Hecate is a familiar name to most people now only as the hag-queen worshipped by the witches in Macbeth. In her classical incarnation, though, Hecate was a mighty titan, revered by Zeus himself. As the daughter of the sun and holding much of his power, she had the …
Harmonia and Cadmus (2017) Giclée print, 85 x 60cm Edition of ten When I first found a mention of Harmonia, I was struck to discover that she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares, so by birthright on a level with the deities of the pantheon, but she remains an incidental sideline, a wife given …
The Graeae are the three witches to whom Perseus turns in order to discover the location of Medusa. They are described as ancient, powerful women who know of times before the gods and have one glass eye and one tooth between them. With them also living in a cave in Libya, I imagine them as …