Some of Gerry Hillman's paintings are now reproduced as limited edition giclée prints. These are images of the highest quality and can be ordered directly as mounted prints. They can also be obtained through selected galleries, including Liskeard Galleries, Great Place, 25 Bay Tree Hill, Liskeard, PL14 5BG Tel 01579 344120.

Eclipse Dance

On paper Image size 22" x 24" (560x610mm)
Mounted 28"x30" (710x760mm)
Price £155 inc p&p(UK)

On canvas image size 28"x31" (710x790mm)
Mounted on stretchers ready to frame
Price £230 inc p&p(UK)

Early Man saw that whatever moved and supported life in general depended on the radiance of the sun. It's energy became identified with fire, passion and drive, but also illumination and, through seeing, the capacity to deduce and build logical ideas.

By contrast the other great heavenly body, the moon, had a monthly period as it waxed and waned. It came and went during the hours of darkness, of rest, of dreaming and a heightened sense of the imagination.

The darkness was conducive to inner reflection, when the importance of more deeply held feelings comes to the fore. The sun's world of fiery action, sometimes impatient and destructive, was seen as having a masculine edge to its quality, whereas the moon and the inner world were more subtle and feminine.

Human personality depends on a balanced combination of both qualities as they dance in us taking turn and turn about.

 

Feather Dance

On paper image size 20" x 14" (510x340mm)
Mounted 26"x20" (660x510mm)
Price £130 inc p&p(UK)

On canvas image size 20"x30" (510x760mm)
Mounted on stretchers ready to frame
Price £195 inc p&p(UK)

In the culture of Ancient Greece human behaviour was understood both in terms of our animal instincts and of a higher more civilised awareness.

Nature spirits were portrayed as creatures half man - half beast in the form of fauns and satyrs. These metaphorically reflected the duality of our own inner natures.