Birth of Aphrodite show_depth it is a meticulously researched

it is a meticulously researched historical record of the country interiors in traditional Swedish dwellings of the period

Spear has long been an artist beyond my pocket

I absolutely adore them but they are rare and I expect one day soon a cleverer and richer dealer will root out a stash on the continent and make them very expensive overnight

it could easily have been painted in the early twentieth century

beside or in front

Birth of Aphrodite show_depth it is a meticulously researchedAphrodite is the goddess of love and holds a special place in my heart as she was meant to have come ashore in Paphos, Cyprus where I lived and studied and fell in love. Aphrodite was created when Cronus severed Uranus genitals and threw them into the sea so she had an ugly beginning but her birth has been depicted in many beautiful ways. My starting point for this painting was a sketch I made from a rather coy image from a Greek vase, where