Oil on Linen

90cm x 70cm

Still life of masonic objects. Each object represents something about painting, and something about Freemasonry.

Oil on board

38cm x 29cm

A master mason setting up a meeting inside a lodge room.

Oil on board

Size: 38cm x 29cm

During my residency, I met a young South African initiate, nervously waiting for his initiation ceremony to begin. While speaking to him, they Taylor came to get him, and invited me up to the lodge. However, the lodge door was as far as I could go, so I quickly painted the Taylor keeping watch while the meeting was happening, focusing on the door instead of him. 

Oil on board

Size: 49cm x 38cm

Oil on Book Cover

12cm x 10cm

 Extract from book:

“A mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he righteously understand The Art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of all men, should best understand that God seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh at the outward appearance, but God looketh to the heart.”

Oil on Hard cover Book

12cm x 10cm

Text from book:

“It is an office which is not in the power of the W.M. to bestow, being yours of right, as having faithfully performed your duty in The Craft. Your Jewel is the 47th Problem of the 1st Book of Euclid, which was one of the most important discoveries of the learned Brother Pythagoras.”

Oil on Book Cover

14cm x 9cm

The term "blackballing" comes from freemasonry. Members vote on wether or not to allow a member to join, by placing a ball inside the "yes" or "no" drawer inside the ballot box.

Oil on hard cover book

21cm x 18cm

Bust of Albert Edward The VI. The original Freemason’s Hall was intended to be dedicated to King Edward VI, but this was interrupted by The War. Today, Freemasons’ Hall stands as a monument to The First World War instead

 Extract from book:

“Names of brethren who fell in service of their King & Country during the Great War 1914 -1918”

Oil on hard cover book

24cm x 15cm

Extract from book:

“It has to be remembered that the Fraternity of the olden time guarded their archives with utmost jealousy, and barred, so far as possible, the record of knowledge of their proceedings from access by the outer world.

“Still, like beacons receding from us in the distance, there appear in view, through the mists of antiquity, evidence that Spiritual Masonry has in past ages shed its benign rays - dim at times, maybe, but true and steady - in the midst of the densest ignorance, bigotry, and superstition. The hand of time, the storms of civil tumult, and the clash of war, have not entirely eradicated these relics and traditions of our masonic forefathers.”

Oil on hard cover book

Size: 24cm x 15cm

“Both installations were a complete success in every way. There was a record gathering, notwithstanding The War, about 1400 Brethren being present to witness the installation of Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, and the brilliant scene in the hall is not likely soon to be forgotten by those who witnessed it.”

Oil on hard cover book

Size: 21cm x 18cm

A flambert sword with scabbard, which is used in the Royal Arches Ceremony.

 Text from book:

“The beginnings of Speculative Freemasonry, as distinct from the Operative Masonry of those who are actual builders in stone, are still largely unknown.”