Saturday, January 24, 2015

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Misterious woman hiding behind her hat


She is an enigma in the dark hiding her eyes behind her hat.I only feel her presence and her love in my dreams and I wonder who she is. The painting above and the drawings below are about her
 


Thursday, January 8, 2015

Girl missing her love

Girl missing her love, acrylics on canvas painting
She is lonely and sad looking at the red rose she has got from her love.  She is alone, watching the rose, dreaming, waiting for her love to come back.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Sad lonely seal

This is my painting of a sad lonely seal in the long cold polar winter night, watching the aurora borealis on the sky.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

The legend of Pisces

To escape the monster Typhoon Aphrodite and Eros turned themselves into fish. These fish were associated by the ancient Greeks with the Pisces constellation

The legend of Aquarius

The legend of Aquarius - Zeus and Ganymede, oil on canvas painting

Zeus had many female lovers and one male lover, Ganymede (latin Catamitus), a young man from Troy. Zeus took the form of an eagle to take the boy to Olympus where he became the cup-bearer of gods. The ancient Greeks associated Ganymede with the constellation Aquarius. 

The legend of Capricorn

In the Greek mythology the Capricorn was the god Pan

The legend of Sagittarius

This is the centaur Chiron, the Sagittarius in the Greek mythology

The legend of Scorpio

In the Greek mythology Scorpio is the scorpion created by Artemis to kill the hunter Orion who wanted to hunt and kill al the wild creatures on Earth

Friday, January 2, 2015

The legend of Libra

According to the Greek mythology, the constellation Libra  represented the scales used by the goddess of justice Themis or her daughter, the virgin goddess Dike

The legend of Virgo

Virgo, oil on canvas painting
Kore (the maiden), the daughter of Demeter has been taken to the underworld by Hades to become his wife Persephone. The ancient Greeks associated the constellation Virgo with her