…….as I was searching through the hoard of clutter in my cellar at home I found a book from my childhood – a small hardback tome with a red cloth cover and a beautiful embossed border, its design weaving tendrils around the spine and onto the back – in the centre of the front cover [...]

How far can our passion take us beyond the current condition of the world, beyond the current dominance of the western mindset and its self perpetuating fall-out – as Venus crosses the July 1st eclipse point, Mars trines up with Saturn and we approach the Capricorn Full Moon here are a few quotes and questions [...]

Fire – the energy of radical change. What do you see when you gaze on the picture below? Is it a scene of destruction, of accident and loss, that suggests war and the eradication of security? Would this be a true mirror for our own inner state, our traumas and fears? Do we feel distraught [...]

 This carving in Green New Zealand Soapstone honours the spirit energy and quality that fills all things – the pneuma or breath of Life. Here she takes on singing feminine form, but, it was almost by accident that this came about – as she emerged, working with her brought a diverse array of challenges, responsibilities [...]

“I must have hooked a big one – enough to feed everyone for the whole winter…..now, if I can just……..” In honour of ALL BRAVE SOULS as Mars Pluto and Mercury meet at the critical juncture of the 5th degree of Capricorn the Sabian symbol for which says : “mobilisation of physical and emotional energies in [...]

This lady has been a great guide and talisman over the years – one of the very few pieces of antler work I have made for myself, she came through into the physical with real purpose, beyond the sheer joy of making and dreaming from which she emerged…… Fact is, ironically, Owlwoman has spent more [...]

   ’SONG OF EARTH’  from the ‘SKELETON WOMAN’ series  2005 – 2010   ‘SONG OF EARTH’  shield :  mixed media  -  39 x 42 cms image  :  copyright Rob Purday  2010

A few years back I began work on ‘bringing out’ images of Elders – they became an ongoing theme – here are just four from the series that emerged, along with a little background on their evolution and info on how the images are made…..  GRANDMOTHER  ‘tender heart’: ELDER SERIES 1998 white and black inks on [...]