Comparative Mythology teaches us that the cave represents for many cultures a liminal or transitional space between this world and the next. It is at once the womb of the earth and a portal to the underworld, a locus for rites of initiation and depart

Comparative Mythology teaches us that the cave represents for many cultures a liminal or transitional space between this world and the next. It is at once the womb of the earth and a portal to the underworld, a locus for rites of initiation and departure. But the cave is also the storehouse of the earliest artworks, and therefore holds strong associations with the primal impulse to create.

	Venus artifex 1997 oil on canvas 28"x 22"	A woman (the goddess of the title?) contemplates the drawing of another woman on a cave wall.
	Yayati 1997 oil on canvas 36"x 24"	A woman painting pottery pauses to gaze at a fossil on a cave wall. The falling figure on the vessel to the left represents Yayati, a king from Hindu mythology who was expelled from heaven and reincarnated for presuming that he had already achieved perfection.
	Homo antecessor 1998 oil on canvas 28"x 16"	The title refers to a newly discovered species of hominid, thought to be a transitional figure between the neanderthal and earlier hominids. The Latin term antecessor can mean "a forerunner," but the verb from which it derives means both "to precede" and "to excel." Both senses are implicit in the elongated forms of the figures painted on this cave wall, conjuring the neo-primitive sculptures of Giacometti, as well as the zips from Barnett Newman's color fields.
	Sleeping Giantess 1996 acrylic on canvas 24" x 20"	In Nordic mythology, the giants represent an evil race inimical to the gods. However, some believe that in an earlier age, people venerated the giants alongside the other deities. Here, a giantess sleeps inside a cave. Her colourful, eternal resting place, contrasts with the stark winter landscape outside.
	The Red Horse 1997 oil on canvas 28"x 24"	Here, a woman leaves her hand print beneath a cave painting of a horse. This work was inspired by the theory that such gestures represented a magical act whereby the artist bonded with the totem depicted on the wall.