Gouache, inks  and watercolour pencils on board, unpublished.

One of four paintings I did based on the zodiac but attempting a different take on the usual symbolism. OK! I know it's a goat, which isn't so unusual though I've left out the fish-tail. In this case the grizzled goat stands atop a volcanic crag bearing an innocent child (the Sun) to safety, under the gaze of Saturn and the long dark night of winter, calm and sure and alone. His horns suggest cornucopia as he is an agent of Jupiter, protecting the budding life until the jovian influence starts to return.