This piece is a composite from photographs shot in two different locations and lots of digital painting and textural layers. The main part of the image is the structure known as “Trethevy Quoit, a Neolithic tomb / burial chamber also known as a dolmen, dating back to around 3500-2500 BC. It is located on the fringes of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The two separate upright stones on the left of the image are part of “The Hurlers” stone circle also located on Bodmin Moor and dating back to the early Neolithic or bronze age, probably around 3000 - 1200 BC. The foreground mound that “Trethevy Quoit” appears to be standing on is in fact also part of “The Hurlers” stone circle structure. If you look closely at the upright stone on the far right, you may spot the rather uncanny resemblance to an Easter Island statue! This image evokes an ancient feel of power, wisdom and knowledge from a time long forgotten and in honour of our ancient ancestors who erected these structure as way of honouring their deceased and perhaps even the mysteries of the cosmos.
