The Marriage of The Thames and The Rhine - Charcoal Drawings
The Marriage of The Thames and the Rhine - A Collection of Charcoal Drawings (2010)
The Marriage of The Thames and The Rhine - The Masque - charocal on paper - 108cm x 79.5cm (2008) sold
Princess Elizabeth and Elector Frederick's Wedding, Inner Temple 1613 - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2009) sold
Pegasus and Hermes by The Thames , Inner Temple, London - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2009) sold
Pegasus Flying to London from The Rhine - charcoal on paper - 150cm x 120cm (2008) sold
The Rhine at Xanten - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2009) sold
Forest by The Rhine - St Goar - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2009) sold
Pfalzgrafenstein Island on the Rhine- charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2008) sold
Pegasus Rising in The Rhine - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2009) sold
Hermes on an Iceberg Doggerland - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2007) Available price on request *FOR SALE*
Hermes I Descends to Doggerland - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2008) sold
Hermes II Descends to Doggerland - charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2008) sold
Hermes on the Doggerland sea bed- charcoal on paper 108cm x79.5cm (2008) Available price on request *FOR SALE*
The Marriage of The Thames and The Rhine - a hand drawn animation and related charcoal drawings
The work was exhibited in March 2010 at The Gallery in Redchurch Street EC2
To see the hand drawn animation (5 minutes) The Marriage of The Thames and The Rhine
The Marriage of The Thames and The Rhine, is re imagining of The Marriage of The Thames and the Rhine, The Masque of Gray’s Inn and The Inner Temple (1613) a Jacobean Masque written by Francis Beaumont and sponsored by Sir Francis Bacon to celebrate the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, James 1’s daughter to Frederick V ,The Elector Palatinate of the Rhineland in Germany. They were know as The Winter King and Queen.
The animation and charcoal drawings show the geographical, historical and cultural relationship between the Thames and the Rhine. Hermes, (as a seal) and Pegasus, as a winged horse, appear as symbols of the imagination traveling free without the limits and constraints of time and history, to be witnesses and our guides. The theme of unity, of land,rivers, people and culture is woven through the work.
The collection of smaller works in charcoal and paper (see below) depict a reimagining of Wagner’s operas, The Ring and Lohengrin, both works were set by the Rhine. The Swan Knight who appears in Lohengrin has a strong connection to Kleve by the Rhine in Northern Germany where the opera is set.
Forest by The Lorelei with a Barge - charcoal on paper 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Seigfreid and Grane - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (20010) sold
Seigfreid in the Forest - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Pegasus over London - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Hermes Surfaces - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Hermes in London - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Swan and Rose at Buscot on the Thames -charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Swan Knight Leaves Kleve - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
Swan on the Thames - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold
The Rhine in Moonlight - St Goar - charcoal on paper - 55cm x35cm (2010) sold