“This painting is one of three paintings that explored local rocks collected on my travels around the island, looking for Prometheus within the rock. Through daily observation I painted the shifting light, colour and forms that would appear to me as I sat quietly with the rock, in this case Serpentinite. Like Michelangelo I was seeking the hidden forms within the rock and using paint to bring them to the fore - releasing the image from the rock, the sword from the stone through the alchemical processes of the mind seeking the image within all objects. In the preparation of the canvas I had also placed a thin layer of gesso (chalk) mixed with bone glue, allowing the layer to crack during its production and when I had to roll the painting for its journey back to England.”
