John Slavin Art

The Archangel Michael

Archangel Michael defeats the dragon in Edinburgh's Royal Mile at dawn.

Original
Oil on canvas
70cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside
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Callisto

The virgin nymph devoted to Artemis before she was raped by Zeus, turned into a bear by Hera and transformed into the constellation Ursa Major.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myth in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

Diana and her Dogs

The virgin huntress unleashes an arrow much to the delight of two of her hunting hounds. Diana is Artemis.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myth in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018).

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Holy Family

A personalised portrayal of the religious family group, set in a croft in Banffshire, Scotland 1983.

Original
Oil on canvas
46cm x 38cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Leda

Ravished by Zeus in the form of a swan, the queen of Sparta seen here with her two sets of twins Castor-Clytemnestra and Pollux-Helen.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myth in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

Odysseus and Circe

The heroic voyage Odysseus with one of his sailors, who has been transformed by the enchantress Circe into a pig upon her island.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Odyssey in Heroes: Volume II of Mythos (Michael Joseph, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

Orpheus and the Maenads

Orpheus is about to be dimembered by those who follow Dionysus. His instrument is held aloft.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of Greek myth and hero tales (Penguing Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Zeus at Fountainbridge

Father of the Gods portrayed in an Edinburgh tenement flat with the Fountainbridge Brewery behind him. Down to his last thunderbolt shedding tears for himself, never another.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myths in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

The Wild god, the Mad god and the god of Wine

Pan, Dionysus and Bacchus in a triple portrait of revelry raise their voices at the end of a moonlit spree.

Original
Acrylic on canvas
50cm x 61cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Saturn Father Time

From Roman mythology, the bringer of old age who wanders the world as old Father Time.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myths in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

The Bringer of Fire

Prometheus the Titan who loved mankind, seen here having descended Olympus with the fire he had stolen for us.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myths in Mythos (Penguin Books, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

Hector and the Baby Jesus

Juxtaposition of the Iliad and the New Testament. Hector in a high-rise awaits the knock on the door from Achilles while cradling infant Divinity.

Inspired by Stephen Fry's retelling of the hero epics in Heroes: Volume II of Mythos (Michael Joseph, 2018)

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at John Slavin Morningside

Achilles, Patroclus, Krishna

Three charioteers from two different mythologies juxtaposed. The Iliad meets the Bhagavad Gita.

Original
Acrylic on canvas
55cm x 46cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Jesus and the Children of Pan

Juxtaposition of the New Testament nativity with Greek myth, introducing the followers of Pan to the Madonna and Child.

Original
Oil on canvas
60cm x 90cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud

Salvator Mundi

The Saviour of the World, carrying the crystal sphere in his left hand and gesturing benison with his right hand.

Original
Acrylic on canvas
61cm x 50cm
Can be seen at Taigh na Teud