Study of a Hellenic image made during my residency at Lemba, near Pafos in Cyprus.
Mixed media drawing; watercolour, gouache and graphite on size A2

300gsm paper.

I always tend to give these Hellenic deities intense but sightless blue eyes partly in defference to their mediterranean origins but also that although gods, they were not all-seeing. If they were they would not have so selfishly inflicted so much suffering on mortal humanity.

A classic example is Leda and the Swan where Leda was seduced by Zeus disguised as a swan. She in turn gave birth to Helen who ultimately caused the Trojan War.