The Death of Hector comments on the relationship often drawn between art and mythology, here contextualizing the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector amongst contemporary characters thus describing the perennial nature of the violence of war and the loss of life. 

The Death of Hector II

After Eden IV, Migration

Using the theme of demise of a utopia, the painting describes the vulnerability of citizens to bureaucratic and military state authority, the sacrifice of a child by command, the violence of man to man in war, and the figure of a painter of record.

After Eden III, Fratricide

This painting chronicles an urban scene destroyed by war.

After Eden V, The Witnesses

Danaë is being attended to by her maids while accosted by the half dressed god, here outlined in vivid golden yellow. Behind them an angry king surrounded by black crows, banishes mother and child into exile. In the background, a female painter, looks on brush in hand.

Dressing The Bride, Danaë II

Dressing the Bride, Danaë I

In The Flood, a lush bucolic scene is threatened by a catastrophic storm.

After Eden VI, The Flood 

The three feared creatures of Hesiod’s myth are portrayed in arria morbid erotic fantasy, leading a subject to death in the act of fornication. The scene is of exquisite sumptuousness, the thread of life imagined as a shroud, sewn and laid on. In the background is the painter herself, referencing art’s perennial interest in myth.

Las Moiras

The Cockfight describes the violence of a blood sport and its insidious attraction to a group of gamblers. 

The Cockfight 

Using the theme of demise of a utopia, the painting describes the vulnerability of citizens to bureaucratic and military state authority, the violence of man to man in war, and the figure of a painter of record.

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Sandra Cavanagh