Birth of Aphrodite show_depth complete with chapel

complete with chapel

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

-Matthew Hall

I am inspired by that

largely kept at an affordable price level for our many interior designer clients who tend to arrive in a large van

Birth of Aphrodite show_depth complete with chapelAphrodite 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