Helios

“Helios” Series Artist Statement
To you, Helios, our King; herald of the good times, when cows fatten in lush grass, when youths and maidens dance to celebrate new light, to you we owe our joy.
Do not, we beg, disappear eclipsed as darkness descends.
Do not, we ask, be sparing of your rays before our crops are done.
Grant us warmth, grant us light, each according to its time and we will crown you our King.
O cruel one, our Spring has hardened into drought. Children cry for thirst. We know not to trust your spinning rays of fire any more this season.
O Cruel one, O Evil, How could you hurl upon us such damage, such destruction!
Our fields are sere, earth cracks open, dry rivers howl in pain. Did we ever think you could inflict such death?
My suns, thus, will be beautiful, or angry; straight rays for light, oscillating for heat, as the heraldic code prescribes.
They will be crowned in opals and pearls. Some I shall let lie bare and dry… others blaze in diamonds, a Sun King’s ransom.
We shall, I think, give equal time to celebrate the good: solar panels and beloved sunsets, but then acknowledge sunstroke and solar flares, why we need parasols, and SPF 50.
And we will, too, think of the absence of sun, dark nights, cool morns, and the peasant suns, enthroned over parched jaspered fields.
The apogee, the perigee…
Equinox, solstice.
The sunshine of my life.
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“…nothing new under the sun” 18k gold earrings
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“100 degrees in the shade” removable drops
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“5 minutes of sunshine” midnight moonstone necklace
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“Ama-terasu” carved deer antler necklace
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“Ancient Worship” fossilized palm earrings
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“And on the 7th day he rested” sterling silver, 14k gold, sunstone and diamond bracelet
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“Angry Sun” sterling silver ring
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“Apollo’s Chariot” 14 karat gold ring
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“Bow, o mortals” carved onyx, 18k gold and diamond pendant
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“Chances of Sunshine” 14k gold and freshwater pearl earrings
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“Don’t make me mad! sunstone and 14k gold necklace
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“Fear my wrath” 14 karat gold pendant
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“Flaming” ruby and sterling silver earrings
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“From sun all things grow” 18 karat gold and diamond ring
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“From the Moon Goddess” freshwater pearl, chalcedony, diamond and 14k gold earrings
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“Fun in the sun” 14k gold, garnet, sapphire and amethyst earrings