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

The legend of Leo

This is my oil on canvas painting of leo, the nemean lion, being killed by Hercules.

The legend of Cancer

This is my painting of the crab created by Hera to disturb Hercules while he was fighting hydra

The legend of Taurus - Zeus and Europa

In the Greek mythology the Taurus in Zeus turned into a bull to seduce the princess Europa. This is my oil on canvas painting of Zeus and Europa

The legend of Aries, the golden ram

Aries, oil on canvas painting

In the greek mythology aries was the golden ram that carried the twins Phrixus and Helle to Colchis

Demeter and Kore

This is my acrylics on glass painting of the Demeters, Demeter and Kore or Persephone, mother and daughter, the goddesses of the agriculture in the Greek mythology

Danae

This is my painting of the pricess Danae from the greek mythology, standing naked in the golden rain

A new painting of Aphrodite and Galatea

This is my newest painting of the goddess Aphrodite giving life to the statue Galateea, Pygmalion's greation and love. This myth from the greek mythology represents me be cause, like Pygmalion did, I have my own Galateea and I paint it over and over again the only thing that is missing is Aphrodite to bring her into my life

Aphrodite and Galatea, Pygmalion's muse from the Greek mythology

This is my painting of Aphrodite giving life to Galateea, the creation, the muse and the love of the sculptop Pygmalion. A painting that represents me too be cause like Pygmalion did, I have my own Galateea, my own ideal love, and I create her by every drawing and painting I make. I love her and the only thing missing in my life is her, as a real woman who can love me like I love her. You may say I am crazy but I am in love with the woman in my drawings and paintings and I wish she was real. I wish I coul hold her in my arms, I wish I could kiss her, I wish I could spend my life with her

Aphrodite giving life to Galatea

This is my newest painting of Aphrodite giving life to Galatea, Pygmalion's creation and great love

The legend of the Milky Way

This is my oil on glass painting of Hera, Hera’s milk, what the greeks believed it was the Milky way and baby boy Heracles. I’ve made this painting yesterday

The birth of Venus - New pencil drawings

A new drawing of the goddess Athena

This is a drawing of the goddess Athena I’ve made yesterday. This is the way I imagine her: a strong independent woman caring the flame of wisdom

The birth of Aphrodite from the sea water

This is my newest drawing of Aphrodite rising from the sea first as a woman with a transparent body made of sea water touching the sky and the gods are turning her into a real woman with milky white skin and golden hair.

Goddess Athena

 These are my drawings of the goddess Athena as a strong warrior woman

Leda and the swan

This is my pencil drawing of Leda and Zeus as a swan, a drawing I’ve made yesterday

Zeus became a swan to be with Leda, the daughter of the king Testios of Etolia. Zeus and Leda had 4 children who came out of the swan’s eggs : the twins Castor and Pollux, Clytimenstra and Elena.

Some say the swan was a male but the legend says this swan could make eggs. How can a male swan make eggs?

Maybe the ancient Greeks knew that in birds the females have the XY sex chromosomes, while males have XX. In this legend Zeus was the mother and Leda was the father, so the roles were reverted.

The legend of Kore

In the Greek mythology Kore (the young maiden) was the juvenile aspect of Persephone, the bright side of the goddess, a goddess of spring. Kore was the parthenogenetic daughter of Demeter.
One day Kore was abducted by Hades to become his wife Persephone (destroyer of light), the queen of the underworld.
These are my drawings of the the innocent Kore and the hand of Hades rising from the ground to take her to the underworld

Jupiter and Callisto

Callisto was one of Artemis’s followers. All the nymphs who followed Artemis(Diana) should stay virgins and were severely punished if they had sexual relationships with men. Zeus(Jupiter) fell in love with her and disguised himself as Artemis to seduce and rape her.When she found out about what happened between Callisto and Zeus the goddess turned Callisto into a bear.

This is my pencil drawing of the transvestite Zeus/Jupiter kissing Callisto

Pleiades

This is my newest oil painting of the Pleiades, the seven sisters, followers of Artemis, daughters of Atlas and Pleione