Greek Wall Art
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The Horai (Ώραι) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. Another collaboration with Chiaki and Ona. T-shirt here / Sold 1 Medium Framed Print in January 2009 /
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THIS WAS TAKEN IN ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING TOWNS I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING. IT IS CALLED OIA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GREEK ISLAND CALLED SANTORINI. THE TOWN LITERALLY CASCADES DOWN TEH HILL.THE SUNSETS THERE ARE WORLD REKNOWNED AND I TOOK THIS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER THE SUN HAD SET USING A 3 SECOND SLOW EXPOSURE ON A TRIPOD ATOP A CLIFF EDGE THAT I HAD TO RISK LIFE AND LIMB TO GET TO SO I COULD GET THE ANGLE I WANTED. TAKEN WITH A FUJI FILM S9600 *WINNER OF ‘DESTINATIONS’ CONTEST IN 100% GROUP!!
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TEMPLE OF APOLLO IN NAXOS GREECE
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THE FURIES (greek mythology) But not the less did the Furies cry out against him that he was accursed and given over to them as a prey; for that they were appointed of the Gods to execute vengeance upon evil-doers, of whom he was the chief, seeing that he had slain the mother that bare him. But while they thus cried out against him, there appeared the Goddess Athené, very fair to see, with the spear of gold in her hand; and she spake, saying, “From the banks of Scamander am I come, for I heard the cry of one that called upon my name. And now I would fain know what meaneth all this that I see. Who art thou, stranger, that sittest clasping this image? And who are ye that are so strange of aspect, being like neither to the Gods nor to the daughters of men?” Then the Furies made answer, “We will tell thee the matter shortly, daughter of Zeus. We are the children of Night, and we are called the Curses, and our office is to drive the murderer from his home.” Then said the goddess, “And whither do ye drive him?” “We drive him to the land where no joy abideth.” “And why do ye pursue this man?” “Because he dared to slay his mother.” / I have done alot of Photoshop work in the past year. I took an ass kicking from my photoshop teacher Charles. And it pissed me off so much I made this. / Funny how that works. I can honestly say that this is the proudest over a peice of work I have ever been
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NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT After some weeks of developing this piece in my mind it finally just started to come together. As usual I went at the theme with something different in mind. What are we to say about how the divine eye sees our world or we may see the divine world in comparison to our own. This thought inspired a more surreal feel to the finished product. Stock Usage Model - Felixdeon / Dome - Aegean-Prince / candles, stars, tree - Peace-of-Art / water - Persephone / water - kells-aristock / waterfall - Enchantedgal-Stock / Pillar - Mjranum-Stock / texture - Norke-Stock“ / Circles—XnickixstockX Scroll free stock provided by http://sxc.hu/ / GLobes created By Myself in 3dsMAX AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Deviant Art : Daily Deviation, 2007-10-09 Featured Glance and Gaze / Featured Seduced By Art IV / Featured Sep Visual Art Features / Featured Best of Weekly Phot.Manip
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Watercolor and pencil on illustration board, / 10×8 / 2009 Model: Adhara Batul One of the Greek myths I adore the most, for its incredible strength, poetry and significance, is the myth of Persephone. In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of the underworld and of the Spring growth. Daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, she was abducted by Hades and taken to the land of the dead. By a determination of the Fates, she was forced to stay for two seasons each year after eating pomegranates seeds, thus becoming consort of Hades and queen of the underworld. This time I opted by depicting her sorrow and solitude after having the seeds, although there’s quite an air of resignation with her destiny.
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Docking at various Greek Islands, I could’nt tear myself away from the actual ports, as to me they provided the visual interest. Awesome signage and colour coded curbs, along with industrial qualities proved and endless escape for me.
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Goddess of the Earth I was inspired to do this for an online photoshop contest. This piece won. The model is called ‘Iza’ , and has a great stock library on DeviantArt. I have a great fondness for Photoshop and the freedom it gives me. The practice of applying textures to human skin can have some remarkable results. This is supposed to represent Gaia in her natural form, born of Chaos.
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A little spin on the old story of Narcissus. Narcissus, as you may well know, was a quite lovely Greek youth enamoured by his own image. He pined away his days staring at his own reflection, eventually growing roots in the ground- punished by the gods for his vanity, he was transformed into the Narcissus flower. Of course this is the root of modern English words like narcissist and narcissistic. / In this work I wanted to spin that old myth in a different direction. As an artist I find myself working for hours and hours, days at a time on my artwork. When I rest from my painting I find myself staring at the result, intrigued by my own work. I love painting and I’m in love with my work. Now, it’s often said that art is but an extention of the artist. If that’s the case then it goes to follow that I’m a bit of a narcissist myself, albeit of a different sort. / The joke in this piece is that it’s a self-portrait. But I’m staring down at my work, which happens to be a Narcissus flower (Narcissus poeticus, to be exact), the work being but a different reflection of myself. / The original was completed in watercolor and gouache media on Arches 180lb. cold-press cotton rag, 2007.
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A variation on the Eros and Psyche myth. / Sold one framed print to a redbubble member.
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Im putting this up to celebrate the new year. The painting is about love, but innocent love untainted by jealousy or manipulation. Its also about freindship, gratitude and service, yet taking care of ourselves as well, so that inner and outer harmony are both maintained. The subjects are young, because in the west and in many other culutures the new year is a time for renewal, whatever moon or calendar month its celebrated in The palette is virginal and also that of snow and ice, because it was winter when this was painted, and winter now, as I write this. The energy of Venus prevails and her symbols are worked into the painting. The flame is hope and warmth. This painting was inspired by the following story. One night I awakened from a dream and in that dream I’d been writing the following lines on paper, which I copied down before going back to sleep. A flame within, / Warming the unborn cherry / In the depths of winter cold. In the way of dreams I was writing, black ink on white paper…yet at the same time was outdoors looking at a low hanging branch of pale pink cherry blossoms dusted with snow and ice crystals. One blossom in particular represented myself. Yet within that blossom I saw also the mature fruit, and where its pit should have been there was flame. Some day I’ll try and paint that vision, but this painting is my first attempt at weaving my interpretation with the colors and symbols inspired by the dream imagery. Text and image copyright Helena Nelson Reed. Please don’t use without permission. BTW: This watercolor painting was enhanced digitally. I added texture, a crackled effect, and increased saturation. I wasn’t happy with the lips and eyes, but the digital tools have helped balance and offset the problem.
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See Greek mythology for references: / > chronos-personification of time / > string-representing the flow of life
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Taken at Navagio Bay in Greece this summer
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Hylonome the centauress at play with Cyllarus…sort of catch me if you can;) / / Hylonome was the wife of Cyllarus centaur in Greek Mythology. / Her name means “browser of the wood” When Cyllarus was killed, Hylonome unable to bear the grief, threw herself down onto the same spear that had killed her beloved. Available as an art print, card, canvas, mounted print and poster. / Image copyright © 2009 Shanina Conway. / Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited A few Bubblers have commented on the fact she has antlers…in my perfect little world equality rules and butting heads comes down to butting intellects ;)
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This photo is Featured in The Mysterious Balkans Folks.. nearly 2 years ago.. my first Cruise on the med.. climbing all the way up the steep side of Santorini.. and than this breathtaking view down..The white ship on left is ’ my ’ Cruiser .. the Norwegian Jewel from the NCL.com line. May 2nd this year my third cruise on the med .. with a Sister ship of the N Jewel.. / called the Norwegian Jade.. to start from Barcelona and to end 14 days later in Rotterdam The view here is ‘pure out of the lens.. no hassle bassle done with any program: Santorini An Island you will never forget.. / Thanks for your pop-in Folks / John Tech talk Canon 30D / Lens Sigma 10-20 mm / ISO 100 F9.0
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NAXOS ISLAND IN GREECE
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Attack of the sequined Spartans!
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9×12 soft pastel and a gold oil pastel on colorfix paper Featured image in the groups THE PATCHWORK, and *♂♥♥QUORN♥♥♀ Ariadne was most likely the ancient Minoan Snake goddess. The island of Crete was once a very strong matriarchal society and Ariadne was their powerful mother goddess. When the patriarchal Greeks overtook the island they rewrote Ariadne to be the human daughter of King Minos, and there by stripping her of her goddess power. / The Greek myth has her saving the Greek hero Theseus from the dark and scarry labyrinth and the creepy minotaur (symbols for the womb of the goddess and our own connection to the animal world…through the goddess). / Anyway she saves Theseus and they run off together. Then Theseus decides to dump Ariadne, pregnant no less, on an island. The Greek ultimate partying god, Dionysus, spots her there and falls in love with her. As a way of honoring Ariadne he puts her crown into the heavens and it becomes the constellation Corona Borealis. / Though Ariadne doesn’t play a large role in Greek myth, she seems to be strong in our collective conscious. There have been many paintings depicting her. One such painting was Klimt’s “Kiss”. The white flowers placed at the woman’s crown in the painting are in the exact positions of the stars of the Corona Borealis. The man is wearing ivy in his hair to connect him to Dionysus. I decided to do this painting Klimt style to honor him for symbolically placing Ariadne and Dionysus in his masterpiece. / The real truth behind Dionysus is he is the god of ecstasy. I figure Ariadne felt the ecstasy of his kiss long before he touched her. In fact, Ariadne herself might be a symbol for ascension, for feeling the ecstasy of oneness with god and then going to heaven through our crown (chakras).
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The classic mythological beast of Greek lore, whom resides in the shadows. An allussion to the beast within the darkest recesses of us all that must be searched out, confronted, and slain. This guy actually just looks like he could use a break…. / Really it was part of my intention in this work to present the sort of monster that is melancholy; a darker beast of dimmer depths than it is often given credit for. / Original was done in watercolor and gouache media, on Arches cold-press 180lb. cotton rag.
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Ἥρα: Queen of Heaven I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare. Queen of the immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister and the wife of loud-thundering Zeus,—the glorious one whom all the blessed throughout high Olympus reverence and honor even as Zeus who delights in thunder. / Homeric Hymn to Hera 12.1–5 More Olympians / / / /
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THIS WAS TAKEN THROUGH A HOLE IN A WOODEN FENCE ACROSS THE ROAD FROM A BEACH IN IOS IN THE GREEK ISLANDS. ADDS A NATURAL FRAMING THAT ENHANCES THE BEAUTICUL COLORS OF THE SUNSET ON THE SILHOUETTE OF TEH BOAT.
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