Inspired by the medieval idea of a ‘Hellmouth’, or the entrance to hell, imagined as a gaping mouth of a huge monster mostly in medieval Ango-Saxon art, I wanted to reimagine the apocalypse in a modern context, with the soothing yet hellish pastel colours of a gendered baby-shower.
Usually visions of hell in traditional European paintings concern themselves with the afterlife, and I wanted to make my hellscape reflect our present or near future.
Hellmouth 2 is its pair and the landscape connects them
A1 / 81.9 x 59.4 cm / Acrylic on heavy weight paper / 2020-2021
Hellmouth Dyptch
Hellmouth 2 is its pair and the landscape connects them
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