The image evokes the Greek idea of a lost Golden Age, a time when humans and animals lived in peace and the world was in a state of natural harmony. Orpheus, through his art, can briefly restore this age.
Orpheus calming the animals with his lyre.
Mixed media on board.
The image evokes the Greek idea of a lost Golden Age, a time when humans and animals lived in peace and the world was in a state of natural harmony. Orpheus, through his art, can briefly restore this age.
This miraculous ability to calm the wild is a prelude to his greater, and more tragic, quest: to move the immovable rulers of the Underworld and retrieve his wife, Eurydice, using that very same lyre.
Inspired by mythology and symbolism. Creating drawings and paintings from the imagination and from the surrounding world. My drawings and illustrations are done with traditional methods which lend a unique feel to any project from book illustration to stand alone works.
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