I'm having fun exploring the ancient Greek pantheon in my drawings, just like I used to as a kid. From the moment my grade 5 teacher exposed me to the myths I have been head-over-heels in love with them and drawn my own interpretations, not even aware that my behavior was part of the artistic tradition.
Oh, I love an allegory! I love wringing meaning and morals out of each tale. I love the personalities of the gods and goddesses. They help me understand being human a little better.
Aphrodite was born out of a violent act against the Patriarch. She is the result of a mixture of blood, semen, and sea foam, frothed into being from Uranos' testicles, cut from him by his son Kronos. She washed up on the shore of Kypros, accompanied by Eros and Himeros (longing) in Hesiod's version. When she steps onto the shore grasses grow up around her feet....
My Aphrodite struggles after her birth, spent and sodden. This is just a quick sketch, not more than 20 minutes in total. I like its raw energy.
And like every drawing, the pose, the attitude, the energy, the emotion.... they all come from my deepest places, my pains and triumphs. This drawing is no exception.
Here is another offering of the same theme, with my notes on the particular lines. I certainly hope you enjoy my treatment of a commonly explored myth :)
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