Black and white photograph of a woman sitting on grass, smiling, with a landscape of hills behind her.
Collage of black-and-white photographs and illustrations on a cloudy sky background. Items include a close-up of a tree trunk, a bust sculpture of a man with a mustache, and a nebula or galaxy in space.
A collage of four black-and-white photographs of a nature path surrounded by tall, manicured hedges, with a cloudy sky background.
Black and white photograph of a classical marble sculpture of a woman's head and upper body, with a sheathed garment and flowing hair, against a cloudy sky background.
A billboard displaying an upside-down hourglass with black sand against a partly cloudy sky.
A black and white photograph of an hourglass with sand in the upper chamber, reflected upside down on a reflective surface, with a cloudy blue sky in the background.
A black and white illustration of an hourglass with sand flowing from the top chamber to the bottom, set against a background of a partly cloudy blue sky.
Collage of four black and white photographs floating in a blue sky with clouds, including children sitting outside, two women with short curly hair, a classical marble sculpture of a woman, and an illustration of an hourglass.
A black and white photograph of an hourglass with dark sand on a plain surface, against a sky with scattered clouds.
A photograph of a beach ball shaped like an hourglass with a glass top and bottom, containing sand, against a sky with clouds.
An hourglass with black sand on the bottom, seen through a transparent glass, against a blue sky with scattered clouds.
A black and white photograph of a classical marble sculpture of a woman, set against a daytime blue sky with scattered white clouds.
A collage of black and white photo of a family from the 1800s with a modern artistic cloud background featuring five black boxes connected by white circles.
Black and white photo of an old sundial monument with Roman numerals, on a stone pedestal, surrounded by grass and foliage.
A surreal collage of black and white photos of hands, each holding a small portrait of a man, moving toward a large white sphere against a blue sky with clouds.
Black and white photo of a sundial sculpture on a tree stump against a background of bushes.
Black and white abstract artwork featuring a large circle and multiple rectangular panels with images of hands in different positions, set against a blue sky with white clouds.
Black and white photograph of a clock face with three-dimensional numbers 4, 5, and 6, mounted on a wooden post, with a background of dirt and grass.
Collage of five black and white photos displayed against a blue sky with clouds. The collage includes a close-up of a marble bust of a bearded man, an image of a galaxy or nebula, a photo of a marbled surface, and a vintage photo of two children stan
Black and white photographs of roses and a woman hanging in the sky with clouds background.
Photograph of a winding path through dense bushes, depicted in black and white, displayed on a billboard sky backdrop with blue sky and clouds.
Black and white photo of a pathway surrounded by dense foliage on both sides, with a small railing on the right side.
Black and white photo of a narrow path or stream surrounded by dense trees and bushes, with a small metal gate on the right side.
Black and white images of a young man pushing a baby in a stroller, a pathway bordered by hedges, and a close-up of a classical stone sculpture showing two figures embracing, set against a blue sky with clouds.
A maze game board with pathways and holes, placed on black fabric with cloud sky background.
Black and white photo collage of childhood photos and a pathway, floating in the sky among clouds.
A vintage black and white photograph of a family walking outdoors on a street, holding hands and smiling.
A collage of black and white historical photographs arranged in a horizontal line, mounted on a blue sky background with white clouds. The photos depict various scenes including a tree trunk or roots, a narrow pathway lined with bushes, and people wa
Collage of three black and white photographs on a blue sky background. The top right photo is of a galaxy or nebula in space. The middle left photo shows a vintage mechanical device with perforated tape, possibly a computer component, on a dark fabri
Collage of five black and white photographs against a cloudy sky background, including images of a galaxy, tree bark, a forest, and family portraits.

The Eternal Return

Currently on display as part of the Ashurst Art Collection 2025/26, Ashurst, 1 Duval Square, London

“As everybody knows, one never sees the Sun in one’s dreams, even though one is aware of a light far more luminous.” - Gerard de Nerval, Selected Writings

The Eternal Return presents a non-linear, perosonal family narrative of bereavement, separation and reunification through dreamscapes and mythic archetypes. In ancient alchemy, Sol Niger (Black Sun) referred to the dark light used to illuminate the soul of the departed.

Composing black and white landscapes, still-lifes, and personal family photos in a series of collages on a windowpane to obscure the light of the Sun, this series seeks to question the obfuscating effect of photographs in the cyclical nature of mourning and the passing of memories from generation to generation.

For Jungian analyst Stanton Marlan, such dream imagery in which the life-giving light of the Sun has been obscured are revelations of the phycological symbolism of the alchemical Black Sun, writing, “Images of Sol Niger and death bring what we seem to think of as opposites into proximity…The paradox of the black sun is that it is an image that simultaneously expresses what traditionally has been held to be a pair of incompatible and opposing phenomena: darkness and light, blackness and luminosity, yet in the image of Sol Niger they are intimately linked.”