Sue Eves SOA – portfolio
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Exhibition information
For this May 2026 Artweeks theme, Sue has been searching for visual and sound reflections in stories. In the familiar Greek myth, Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in the water. Echo, the nymph, falls in love with him. Sue has fallen in love with Echo.
While sketching Narcissus Poeticus flowers along Addison walk in Magdalen College, she found the perfect seat for Echo to call across the river to Narcissus. For the portrait of Echo, Sue was her own model. She set up her camera on a timer for a selfie, ran to the throne-shaped tree stump and gazed across the River Cherwell…
Portrait of Echo
Echo takes root as she calls to Narcissus, echoing his words. The last Narcissus Poeticus at her feet mirrors her call. Snake’s head fritillaries bow their heads. Her skin turns to bark until all that is left is her echo.
Portrait of Iynx
Iynx is the daughter of the nymphs Echo and Pan. The goddess, Hera transforms Iynx into a bird to punish her for bewitching her husband Zeus. The bird is said to bewitch lovers when it twists its neck in a snake-like spell.
First Daffodil
Celebrating the signs of Spring. Sue spotted the first daffodil at the beginning of March in South Park, Oxford. The blue daffodil nods its reflection.
I Am a Swan
Sue’s swan is a female, shunned for being different, illustrating the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, The Ugly Duckling.
When I’m Painting Windows
This set of paintings marks the end of Sue’s five year project, painting on discarded windows. As part of the project, Sue Eves has been commissioned each year to paint on the windows of the South Oxford Community Centre to celebrate South Oxford Arts during Oxfordshire Artweeks. She washes away the gouache paintings of local themes as each season fades.
Artist information
Sue’s works focus on epiphanies gleaned from nature, folk stories and fairytales, as you might expect from an artist who is also a storyteller and children’s book illustrator. Her window art began back in Covid days, when she was furloughed from The Story Museum, Oxford. People passing by on their walks stopped to view her window paintings. Children were coming to the windows in search of the next story.
South Oxford Arts
