Saturday, January 3, 2015

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

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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