Betsy Podlach, United States
Cupid and Psyche, c. 2002
Oil and egg tempera on linen
66”:66”
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses, written in the 2nd
Century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis. It concerns the overcoming of
obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cupid, and their ultimate union in a
sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of
Apuleius, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC.
The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate
multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light
of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth. More Cupid and Psyche
I am an American painter who considers the Italian Venetians and the american abstract expressionist painters my mentors – they are the painters whose paintings I most love, and wanted to learn from.
I of course consider Leonardo Di Vinci and Michelangelo indespensible to my attempts to create form regarding the human body. More on Betsy Podlach
Betsy Podlach, United States
Leda And the Swan, c. 1997
Oil and egg tempera on linen
45”:45”
Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the
daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of
Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had
approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin, Pollux,
and of Helen, both of whom hatched from eggs. Variant legends gave divine
parentage to both the twins and possibly also to Clytemnestra, with all three
of them having hatched from the eggs of Leda, while yet other legends say that
Leda bore the twins to her mortal husband, Tyndareus. Still other variants say
that Leda may have hatched out Helen from an egg laid by the goddess Nemesis,
who was similarly approached by Zeus in the form of a swan.The divine swan’s
encounter with Leda was a subject depicted by both ancient Greek and Italian
Renaissance artists; Leonardo da Vinci undertook a painting (now lost) of the
theme, and Correggio’s Leda (c. 1530s) is a well-known treatment of the
subject. More
Leda and The Swan
Betsy Podlach, see above
Brian Smyth, Irland
A study for Andromeda
Oil on canvas
20 H x 16 W x 1 in
Was for sale for C$1,373
Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife
Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more
beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage
Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a
rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus.
As a subject, Andromeda has been popular in art
since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's
rescue of the intended victim of an archaic hieros gamos, giving rise to the
"princess and dragon" motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived
in the original story, typically as derived from Ovid's account. More on Andromeda
Brian Smyth is an award-winning graduate of the Crawford College of Art and Design. He has had several succesful solo exhibitions in Dublin and London and has participated in and curated many group exhibitions. He has completed many private commissions, including a 14-painting Stations of the Cross commission for a church restoration project in his native Co. Cork.
Brian has his works in many private and public collections and continues to develop his technique, to exhibit his paintings and to work on portrait commissions.
Brian began his studies in The Angel Academy, in Florence, in 2012 and has worked there as an instructor since 2013. More on Brian Smyth
István Cene gál, b. 1969, Hungary
Nymph
Oil on canvas
23.6 H x 31.5 W x 0.2 in
Was for sale for C$1,571
A nymph in
Greek and Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated
with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs
are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually
depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their
amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and
daughters of the Greek polis. They are beloved by many and dwell in mountainous
regions and forests by lakes and streams. Although they would never die of old
age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if mated to a
god, they themselves were not necessarily immortal, and could be beholden to
death in various forms. More
on nymphs
István Cene gál was born in 1969 in Salgótarján, Hungary. He studied artistic drawing under the guidance of first Ödön Iványi, then Péter Földi. He also studied art history in a course led by Professor Dr. Lajos Végvári at the Association of Art in Miskolc. He got his degree at the College Department of the university DOTE EU. Several study tours to Paris (at István Sándorfi), Rome, London and Dublin. He is a member in the Hungarian Painters’ Society. 2009 – getting the „Prima” Award and 2015 – „European Art Star” Award He has had more than forty individual exhibitions in Hungary and abroad, alike. He has paintings in 26 countries at private collectors.” More on István Cene gál
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