The legend of Taurus, Zeus and Europa

 

In the greek mythology taurus was a symbol of Zeus turned into a bull to seduce princess Europa

The dacian version of the legend of the Pleiades and the goddess Bendis

This oil on canvas painting is about what the romanians call "sanziene", a dacian legend about 7 young maidens that follow the goddess Bendis like the pleiads follow Artemis. They are immortal eternal virgins like the virgin goddess they follow and they punish men who try to get close to them.
This painting is representing the 7 sisters (Pleiades in greek mythology, sanziene in the dacian mythology), the goddess Bendis for dacians, Diana for romans and Artemis for the greeks and the poet Sappho singing about them (Sappho has written some poems about the Pleiades)
You can watch me painting in the video below

Terpsichore, the muse of dance and choral poetry

This painting about Terpsichore, the muse of dance and choral poetry is on display on the walls of the Gloria Jean's Coffees caffee in Bucharest's old town

The legend of Actaeon

My painting of Artemis and Actaeon turned into a stag by her

The goddess Artemis was an eternal virgin and being watched and wanted by a man was what she hated the most so she turned the hunter Actaeon, who was watching her while she was naked, into a stag.

Kore and Persephone, the two faces of the same goddess

This new painting is about duality, Kore (the maiden), the young innocent goddess of spring, the bright side and Persephone, the mature queen of the underworld, the dark side, the two faces of the same goddess, daughter of Demeter.

Kore or Persephone, the two faces of the same goddess, new ball point pen drawing

My painting of the muse Terpsichore

This is my painting of Terpsichore, the muse of dance and chorus. The poet Corinna from Tanagra has written an invocation to Terpsichore:
"Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) summons me to sing
beautiful tales of old to the Tanagrean girls in their white robes
And the city rejoiced greatly
in my clear, plaintive voice."

You can watch me making this painting in the video below

Watch me painting the birth of Aphrodite

The birth of Aphrodite

The birth of Aphrodite, oil on canvas painting

Artemis and Actaeon

This is my oil on canvas painting of the goddess Artemis and the hunter Actaeon tuned into a stag

The muse Euterpe, oil on canvas painting

I've made this oin on canvas painting of Euterpe, the muse of the lyric poetry and music (in the ancient Greece the lyric poetry was acompanied by the sog of the lyre)

Urania, the muse of astronomy

                                      This is my drawing of Urania, the muse of astronomy

The muse Euterpe

This is my drawing of the muse Euterpe 

The goddess Hecate, fluorescent painting

This is my fluorescent acrylics on canvas painting of the Greek Goddess Hecate.

The goddess Hecate, pencil drawing

Iris, the rainbow goddess

This is my panting of Iris, the greek rainbow goddess, messenger of the gods, the goddess of the sky and sea that links gods and humans, and her flowers.

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