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Omphalos

Omphalos

743mm×915mm
Mixed media on canvas on board
Private Collection
1997
From the Archive

Omphalos, in Greek thought, is a religious stone, the 'navel of the world'. It is depicted here as an 'island at the centre of creation'.

In the same group

Gorwelia 2 (Horizon Wales)
Omphalos
Promised Land
Horizon Wales
Bone Island
Gwales
El Corazon
Hir-aeth
For your Heart
Gal + Gal
Gwales (Ararat)
Cauldron of Rebirth
Iberico Cambrensis
Ianws Eleggua
Yesterday Tomorrow (Janus Bridge)
Barca
Poetry
Haunted by Ancient Gods
Africa Inverted
Dam Pont
Horizon Island
The Islanded
Visions of the Sleeping Bard
ixxi (after 9/11)
Los Peregrinos
El Lagarto Finesterre
Castle + Gun (after 9/11)
A Castle in the Head (after 9/11)
Gal+Gal (Los Peregrinos del Arte)
Flying over Africa.
Poster for Elvis, Y Blew a Fi. (Sion Eirian)
Book Covers.

Languages

  • English
  • Cymraeg

Credits

Photography:
Studio shots, Luned Aaron.
Field-notes, Toril Brancher and Ric Bower.
Other images of work:
Iwan Bala.
Website:
Athanasios Velios / Iwan Bala