"MythMakers" Series CD Cover Art for "Variant" by AeTopus (Bryan Tewell Hughes)

MythMakers~Altar 3 (no longer in inventory)

MythMakers~Altar 1

MythMakers~Altar 3

MythMakers~Trove 3

MythMakers~Trove 2 (no longer in inventory)

MythMakers~Trove 1

MythMakers~Spiritscape 1(no longer in inventory)

MythMakers~Spiritscape 2(no longer in inventory)

 Altar and Trove pieces are 18"x18", Spiritscape pieces are 16"x20", mixed media and acrylic on panel board, CD art for AeTopus "Variant" planned for release August 2020. 

When commissioned by Bryan, he gave me the titles of the cuts for the CD and shared with me the concept of an ancient culture sitting around the evening's fire telling stories of their mythology. He gave me the drawing of the skeleton and skulls with feather. And I took it from there. I kept that narrative as well as the titles in mind as I worked, adding the idea of altars being created by the members of this culture and the pieces of the altars coming from a trove, collections of rust and bones and ephemera. The two last pieces, created for the back cover and inside back were inspired by Cappadocia formations--a combination of nature and human structures. This was created to reference the landscape/spiritscape where this ancient culture lived. The Variant, as conceived and depicted in the art, is the skeleton with the addition of the copper wire snake to represent the life force and what became known as the kundalini in later civilizations.

For more information about the music and other CDs by AeTopus, check out AeTopus.com, Spotify, and YouTube. I am a devoted listener of AeTopus music and play it often in my studio as I paint. This music is well valued and appreciated among the music community and has received awards and nominations--and rightly so. Such a delightful collaboration, a coming together of art and music.