Celtic Mythology exists as a landscape of the imagination. Ancient tales from Wales, Ireland and Scotland feature images of strong independent women and heroic men appearing through the mists of legend. Dominated by the colours of earth, sea and forest, my images evoke a common ancestry, undivided by modern borders. Heroes emerge from backgrounds which are timeless and yet provide a dreamlike context to a shared Celtic heritage.

The challenge was to capture images of mythological characters rather than photographic models. The willing suspension of disbelief needed to see Queen Maeve in the Sligo hills or Twm Sion Cati riding away from the soldiers of the crown required me to work hard with my models crafting their facial expressions and body posture. Attempting to capture a sense of timelessness and myth was a difficult yet enormously satisfying challenge. Here history meets mythology in a visual celebration of the past.