Green Knight Project

During the past year I have been making paintings to accompany the 14th century Sir Gawain and the Green Knight story. I’ve spent some time studying insular manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels, and I’ve wanted to use the format and style of those beautiful and sacred works, but use it in the context of a piece of British mythological literature. These three paintings serve as a prototype for what could be an entire manuscript, with a portrait page and cross-page for each chapter. For these works I have focused on the character of the Green Knight, using the descriptions of the Green Knight in the poem as the reference for the paintings. I have attempted to process and reinterpret this description through pattern and geometry, to create paintings which, I hope, organically embody the character. These paintings are currently on display at the School of Traditional Arts MA degree show, on until the 1st of August at the Garrison Chapel in London.