There was a need for decor, for an adornment of the walls. But it had to have a certain weight, a value, a ritual and be one of a kind.
The strange imagery I had been making needed a home, an altar, a shrine. To become something that held a power, and seemed like something from the past, or an alternate way.
There is a resurgence of folk, the web of wyrd restrung. The shrines mark the fringes of that way of being, a question of paganism and lost lore of this land or another, and simply a form of interesting wall decor.
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The series ‘Wayside Shrines’ renders dreamlike archetypes and narrative scenes housed within alters of hand carved oak.
Star Child, Hedgerow, Imp and The Fat Horse.
Each of these moments has a beginning, a subconscious influence from film, books, medieval illuminations and often daydreams.
They are adorned within uniquely carved oak alters, resulting in a relic like shrine for the beings to be worshiped, observed with contemplation. Acting like a portal, these wayside shrines offer a glimpse into a whimsical strain of thought, or possibly and alternate reality.
To be a remembrance of the way of wyrd at the end of the hallway.
oil pastel in oak frame,
31cm x 20cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
35cm x 25cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
32.6cm x 20cm x 2.5cm
oil pastel in oak frame,
27cm x 19.4cm x 2.5cm
Reclaimed Oak Frames
Reclaimed, recycled, salvaged
E ach shrine is conceived of a image within wood that has been sustainably salvaged to reclaim the magic and grace from the trees which this material was taken, in remembrance of nature and its power.