dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Abstract Painting
Odyssey
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These
very
highly
textured
paintings
are
inspired
by
Homer’s
epic
poem
The
Odyssey
.
The
poem
is
such
a
rich
source
of
creative
inspiration,
with
its
wonderful
descriptions
of
bravery,
struggle
and
intelligence.
Odysseus
is
on
his
ten
year
journey
to
return
home
to
Ithaca
after
the
Trojan
War.
He
has
many
adventures
before
finally
reaching
home.
A
further
source
of
inspiration
is
Constantine
Cavafy’s
wonderful
poem
Ithaca
,
about
the
importance
of
experience.
The
poem
speaks
of
the
importance
of
journeys
in
forming
character
and
shows
how
experience
makes
you
what
you are, the journey being more significant than the destination - a metaphor for life.
The
shells
incorporated
into
some
of
the
paintings
are
from
the
Ionian
Sea,
near
Catania,
Sicily
where
the
Cyclops
Polyphemus,
the
son
of
Poseidon,
threw
rocks
at
the
escaping
Odysseus
who
had
just
blinded
him.
These
small
mountain-sized rocks are there by the shore today. Volcanic ash from Etna is also used in other paintings.
Nearly Home
60 x 60cm
Your Time Is Finite
60 x 60cm
£235
Such Times In
Ogygia
60 x 60cm
Calypso
50 x 76cm
£235
Ithaca In Mind
76x 76cm
Sirens Calling
60 x 60cm
£235
Into the
Cause
46 x 60cm
Lotus Eating Forever
46 x 56cm
£175
Holy Moly -
Beware Circe
60 x 60cm
£235
Ithaca Bound
60 x 90cm
Ithaca Fixed
In Mind
100 x 120cm
Ambling To
Ithaca
100 x 100cm
dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Just Absurd
60 x 60cm
£235
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