Stonehenge Series II, Kaakwha (Seneca Tribe) 40 x 60 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Also known as Hawenniyo, The ‘Old Man’ or ‘Grandfather Sky God’ of the Seneca. He is the personification of the eternal sun. His lodge is on the other side of the earth where he goes to retire every night

Stonehenge Series II, Unelanuhi (Cherokee Tribe) 40 x 60 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Unelanuhi the sun goddess of the Chreokee. Originally the earth had no sun: it was Spider Woman who pulled Unelanuhi into the sky from the underworld after the other animals had tried and failed. Although Unelanuhi belongs to no one, she is her brother’s lover, the moon, and they chase each other through the heavens. Her name means "apportioner," for Unelanuhi

Stonehenge Series II, Tsukiyomi (Japan) 40 x 60 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
The male moon god in Shinto and Japanese mythology. The name Tsukiyomi is a combination of the Japanese words for "moon; month" (tsuki) and "to read; to count" (yomu). Tsukuyomi was the second of the "three noble children" born from a mirror made of white copper. After climbing a celestial ladder, Tsukuyomi lived in the heavens with his sister Amaterasu, the sun goddess. Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when he killed a goddess of food. When Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to the opposite side of the sky.

Stonehenge Series II, Chukwu (Igbo Tribe, Eastern Nigeria) 60 x 40 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Chukwu is the infinitely powerful, undefinable, indefinable, absolute supreme deity encompassing everything in space including space itself, in traditional Igbo spiritual belief system and mythology. Chukwu combines the concept of creator of deities for all we know and are aware of including the concept of a solar deity. According to the Igbo people from the eastern region of Nigeria Chukwu is a supreme God represented by the sun. The ancient God is not humanized in Igbo tradition belief. Because the igbo deities Amadioha and Ikenga are masculine, Chukwu is referred to as being male.

Stonehenge Series II, Wakahirume (Japan) (pronounced wa-ka-HEER-oo-may) 60 x 40 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Wakahirume is the Japanese Goddess of the rising sun and of weaving. She is the younger sister of Amaterasu daughter of Izanami and Izanagi. Wakahirume was a fantastic weaver and she was often to be found in Amaterasu’s weaving halls, creating garments for all the Gods. When their brother Susanoo flew into a rage against Amaterasu, he threw a skinned pony into the hall. Wakahirume was so startled that she fell onto her shuttle and died. It was her grief over Wakahirume’s death that drove Amaterasu to hide herself away in a cave. In the third century CE, Empress Jingu established the Ikuta Shrine in honor of Wakahirume, one of the oldest shrines in Japan. Wakahirume’s name means “young day woman.”

Stonehenge Series II, Kephri (Ancient Egypt) 60 x 40 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Kephri, (also spelled Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a god in ancient Egyptian religion. Khepri was connected with the scarab beetle (kheprer), because the scarab rolls balls of dung across the ground, an act that the Egyptians saw as a symbol of the forces that move the sun across the sky. Khepri was thus a solar deity. Young dung beetles, having been laid as eggs within the dung ball, emerge from it fully formed. Therefore, Khepri also represented creation and rebirth, and he was specifically connected with the rising sun and the mythical creation of the world. The Egyptian connected his name with the Egyptian language verb kheper, meaning "develop" or "come into being"

Stonehenge Series II, Ngai (Maasai) 60 x 40 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
The Maasai (Kenya) believe that Ngai is the god of the sun, love, and was the creator of the world; in another one of their traditions, this god married Olapa (the goddess of the moon). He rules over life and death.

Stonehenge Series II, Sunna (Norse) 60 x 40 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Sunna is the Norse Goddess of the Sun, also known as Sol, though some hold that Sol is the mother and Sunna Her daughter. In Norse mythology, the Sun is female while the Moon is male. When the world was created from the body of the dead giant Ymir by the triad of Odin, Vili, and Ve, the Sun, Moon and Stars were made from the gathered sparks that shot forth from Muspellsheim, the Land of Fire.
Sunna drives the chariot of the Sun across the sky every day. Pulled by the horses Allsvinn ("Very Fast") and Arvak ("Early Rising"), the Sun-chariot is pursued by the wolf Skoll. It is said that sometimes he comes so close that he is able to take a bite out of the Sun, causing an eclipse. Sol's father is Mundilfari, and She is the sister of MÂni, the Moon-god, and the wife of Glaur or Glen ("Shine"). As Sunna, She is a healer.
At Ragnarok, the foretold "Twilight of the Gods" or end of the world, it is believed the Sun will finally be swallowed by Skoll. When the world is destroyed, a new world shall be born, a world of peace and love, and the Sun's bright daughter shall outshine Her mother.

Stonehenge Series II, Tezcatlipoca (Aztec) 48 x 36 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
The Earth" was ruled by Tezcatlipoca but destroyed by Quetzalcoatl when he struck down Tezcatlipoca who then transformed into a jaguar. He was also central deity in Aztec religion. One of the four sons of Ometeotl, he is associated with the darkness, night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated as "Smoking Mirrorî and alludes to his connection to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were made in Mesoamerica and which was used for shamanic rituals.

Stonehenge Series II, Al-Lat (pre-Islamic Arabia) 48 x 36 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
North Arabian goddess of pre-Islamic times whose name is a contraction of al-Illahat, "the Goddess". Al-Lat is one of three desert goddess worshiped by the Arab people before Islam. She was called "the Mother of the Gods", or "Greatest of All". Al-Lat was worshipped as the solar deity under the appellation of Samas or Shams. She is also a Goddess of Springtime and Fertility, the Earth-Goddess who brings prosperity. Before the time of Mohammed devotees of Al-Lat circumambulated the Kabbah in Mecca (now a central shrine of Islam in Mecca’s al-Haram mosque) chanting her praises and those of her sister goddesses al-Uzza, and Manat.

Stonehenge Series II, Yhi (Australian Aborigine) 48 x 36 inches, Oil on Panel, 2013
Yhi is an Australian Aboriginal goddess of light and creation, and a solar deity. She lived in the Dream Time and slept until a whistle awakened her. When she opened her eyes, light fell on the earth. She walked the earth and plants grew where she walked. Soon the whole world was covered with foliage. She decided that, in addition to plants, she wanted to make something that could dance. She then returned to her own world and blessed her creations with the change of the seasons and promised that, when they died, they would join her in the sky. When she disappeared the organisms thought she was not returning and were sad, but then Yhi returned to the sky with the first sunrise. When she saw that the Man she had created had no woman she turned all her power on a flower and when the man woke up the flower had turned into a woman.