Aphrodite's Cove

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Comment by Cheryl Lipham on August 31, 2012 at 2:19

Very impressive work!

Comment by Susan Skuse on August 30, 2012 at 17:27

I was inspired by a modern mythological painter I came across, whose name I now unfortunately forget, who painted very realistic figures in rather surrealistic settings.  I had the figure reference with the saucy over the shoulder look, and thought she might make a good Aphrodite.  Subsequently I found references for the cove in Cyprus which is the goddess's supposed birth place - quite stunning formations.  I threw in a couple of Aphrodite symbols - the golden apple awarded to her by Paris, which gave rise to the Trojan war, and the evening star, Venus, above her head.