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Magna Mater - (fictional) temple of Cybele

Commission for a friend of Rome's great mother goddess and her priests

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"Survival is the ability to swim in strange waters" - Dune cycle, Frank Herbert

Costume Design concept for the Bene Gesserit in Frank Herbert's Dune, particularly inspired by the latter books and even more particularly inspired by Sheeana

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"But Hades gave her, stealthily, the honey-sweet berry of the pomegranate to eat" - Hymn of Demeter

The story of Persephone and her abduction into the Hades is a sad one for me. It is a story about loss and love between mother and daughter.

This artwork is available on Inprnt and Redbubble (link in my blog bio) :)

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"I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea;I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless." - Oracle of Delphi to Croesus of Lydia / According to Herodotus

Third version of the most powerful woman of the ancient greek world.

What a lonely life it must have been.

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Ancient Writing

Inspired by the pleated Kalasiris dresses and hieroglyphs found in royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor

Also available on Inprnt and Redbubble :)

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Fear is the mind killer

My interpretation of the Bene Gesserit of Frank Herbert's Dune. Wanted to draw them for so long because they are one of my favourite characters in the book.

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"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." - Sarah Williams, The old Astronomer

Inspired by the pictures released by NASA from the James Webb telescope

The fashion is inspired by the late Victorian/ early Edwardian era

Prints available on Inprnt and Redbubble :)

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Beware the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing!

Loved working on this one. There's prints and links to Redbubble and Inprnt in my bio :)