DEITIES, HEROES, VILLAINS,
AND SAINTS
In this series, I am looking at the human propensity to imagine or concoct, fear or
admire, worship or condemn larger-than-life entities, whether in the form of other humans, animals, spirits, or magical hybrids.
These characters often embody exaggerated versions of human qualities - admirable or reprehensible - and may inspire communal unity or war; great acts of courage or crippling fear.
I am intrigued by our fascination with these personae, who can serve as cautionary tales as often as positive role models. I am investigating and lamenting our tendency to be influenced, even controlled, by our beliefs about them.
Kathryn Dunlevie
Patron Saint of Fiumicino, Italia archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) on wood panel 49.75" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Wife of Hades and goddess of the harvest archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2024
The sartorially splendid Olympian god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses collage of archival pigment prints on wood panel 18" x 18" 2026
Perhaps the only falconer daring to practice falconry illegally in Mahattan archival pigment print on panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 35" 2020
Wife of Orpheus, who tried and failed to rescue her from Hades archival pigment print (from a handmade collage) on wood panel 47" x 33" study: 21" x 14.75" 2024
The Olympian God of fertility, madness, religious ecstasy, and theater collage of archival pigment prints on wood panel 16" x 20" 2026
Perhaps the most glamorous of all the girlfriends of the Time Lord, Doctor Who archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 50.75" x 33" 2015
Patron Saint of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 39" x 53" 2015
Patron Saint of La Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia archival pigment prints on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" study: 21" x 14.75" 2021
The Green One, a Sufi mystic archival pigment print on panel (from a hand-made collage) 22" x 20.5" 2015
Roman goddess of protection, often accompanied by snakes archival pigment print on panel (from a hand-made collage) 37" x 45" 2013
Actress, activist, and philanthropist, she brought the spirit of London's 'Swinging Sixties' to Paris collage of archival pigment prints on panel 17" x 10" 2025
Chinese goddess of lightning archival pigment print (from a handmade collage) 29.25" x 22.75"
Feminine figure in Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology who symbolized chaos, rage, sexuality, and the shadow side archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2021
Titan goddess of falling stars and nocturnal divination archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Self-decapitated Hindu goddess of contradictions collage of archival pigment prints on wood panel 16" x 12" 2025
Blind Theban prophet of Apollo who spent seven years as a woman archival pigment print on panel (from a hand-made collage) (study: 21" x 14.75") 2024
The most famous female bullfighter archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Disappointed by the lack of mud, the wrestlers go their separate ways collage of archival pigment prints on wood panel 20" x 16" 2026
Akan goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, and truth archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Olympian goddess of strife, discord, and war collage of archival pigment prints on wood panel 12" x 16" 2025
Member of the Mevlevi order which uses spinning to reach an ecstatic spiritual state archival pigment print on wood panel. (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Roman goddess of the dawn archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2021
Welsh goddess of horses archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
Buddhist Sky Walker, the embodiment of energy, wisdom, and the non-dual awareness of emptiness in Tantric Buddhism archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2021
The mother of the Vampire Lestat, who wandered the wilds of the Earth after her son made her a vampire in order to save her from dying of tuberculosis archival pigment print on panel (from a hand-made collage) (study: 21" x 14.75") 2024
Ancient Canaanite Mother Goddess who walked on water archival pigment print on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2021
A nymph who was pursued by Apollo, and for her safety, was transformed into a laurel tree by her River God father collage of archival pigment prints on a vintage album cover 12.5" x 12.5" 2019
The Oracle of Delphi, high priestess of the Temple of Apollo, who delivered prophesies while in a trance archival pigment print on wood panel study: 14.75" 21" 2025
The inner workings of the repurposed Terminator T-900 sent back through time to protect John Connor, in "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" archival pigment print (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
The tragic heroine of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" archival pigment prints on wood panel (from a hand-made collage) 44.5" x 29.25" 2014
The naiad Salmacis who prayed that she and her lover could become one archival pigment print on wood panel. (from a hand-made collage) 47" x 33" (study: 21" x 14.75") 2022
