Not to be Myth-ed! The Birmingham Post
DRAGONS and heroes, gods and goddesses, nymphs and princesses are all in an enchanting new joint exhibition, ‘The Cost of Love’, by painters Charlie Kirkham and Robert Walker. The show’s title was inspired, says Walker, “by a recurring theme in classical mythology and ancient stories – that love or longing often comes at a tremendous cost”. Inspired by figures such as Narcissus, Apollo and Daphne, Adonis and Aphrodite, and Saint George and the Dragon, each work questions aspects of the human journey. The two artists do not only focus on romantic love. Kirkham, who lives in the Midlands and works from Holyhead Studios, Coventry, has drawn from her personal experiences as the mother of a child with additional learning needs for oil paintings such as ‘Meet Me at the Surface'...