Romulus, Remus and the wolf of Rome

This is my oil on canvas of Romulus and Remus, the twins grown by a wolf

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

 

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.

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.

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

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