The Demeter and Persephone Series

This series is a response to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, which describes the grief of Demeter at the loss of her daughter Persephone. Goodchild-Cuffley uses the story as a springboard to look at both her own associations with grief and loss, and the wider meanings that the hymn explores.

"Janus Aspect (Mother/Daughter)"
Oil on canvas, 91 x 71 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

Exploring the many facets of the relationships between mothers and daughters

"Hekate"
Oil on canvas, 71 x 91 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

Hekate is the torchbearer, goddess of the night and liminal spaces.

"Demeter Introduces Stage IV Water Restrictions"
Oil on Canvas, 91 x 71 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

The Antipodean equivalent to Demeter's act of withholding growth and fertility of the earth.

"Cerberus Aspect (Underworld)"
Oil on canvas, 71 x 91 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

The human condition - daily life.

"Persephone's Return"
Oil on canvas, 71 x 01 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

An expression of the joy of the return of the daughter to the mother. The daffodil has been traditionally associated with Persephone.

"The Restoration of Spring
(Hermes completes his task)"

Oil on canvas, 91 x 71 cm
To be exhibited October 2008

Hermes is given the task of restoring Persephone to her mother, who runs down the hills "as a maenad leaps down a mountain".