Persephone
Original Creation Date: March 7th, 2006
The title:
Persephone, the Greek Goddess
Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her, even Hades wanted her for himself. One day, when she was collecting flowers on the plain of Enna, the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her. None but Zeus, and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed it.
Broken-hearted, Demeter wandered the earth, looking for her daughter until Helios revealed what had happened. Demeter was so angry that she withdrew herself in loneliness, and the earth ceased to be fertile. Knowing this could not continue much longer, Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to make him release Persephone. Hades grudgingly agreed, but before she went back he gave Persephone a pomegranate (or the seeds of a pomegranate, according to some sources). When she later ate of it, it bound her to underworld forever and she had to stay there one-third of the year. The other months she stayed with her mother. When Persephone was in Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow and winter began. This myth is a symbol of the budding and dying of nature. In the Eleusinian mysteries, this happening was celebrated in honor of Demeter and Persephone, who was known in this cult as Kore.
Charcoal on paper, 16” x 20”, freehand.
Original Sold: Herschbach Germany
Persephone belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Alt, Dirty Filthy Art: Charcoal, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), the love of Eerie and enchanting artwork, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best and Works On Paper Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
justjen
Gorgeous….......
Nicolette Thain
amazing, fabulous, breathtaking! love your work :o)
Stacey Foster
this is awesome well done
aglaia b
your work is out of this world!! ;-) xox
matt572
Amazing
rubyred
This is exceptional work.
Brad MacDuff
WOW!!!
Paul Starkey
This is great. In fact they’re all great! Nice work.
Tahnja
strikingly beautiful in every single way. I would not say impossible, just gifted artist that knows her medium better than some may imagine possible hehehe
amarica
Fabulous work…Congratulations on being featured in the 100% group!!!
Tollwut
GREAT!
BarbBarcikKeith
Congrats!! Your work deserves it and more.. wonderful!!
Laurie Search
Wow, beautiful!
Rosy Kueng
on your feature in 100%!!!!! Superb artwork! Awesome capture…well deserved!
Meeli Sonn
Congratulations
Wendi Donaldson
Charcoal on paper!! .....amazing! a beautiful piece of work. Congratuations!!
Wendi Donaldson
....and that would be Congratulations to you too! :) sorry for the typo
Maria Moro
Stunning,,, congratulations on the feature,,, well done
Daniel Rarela
ethereal, beautiful, heavenly… what more can one say?
wonderful work, cinquain!
digitalillusion
great work, nice lines and textures bring this image alaive…
Pete AKA Digitsal Illusion
josiem
stunning!
tonymarsh
Beautiful work!
April Cowan
This piece is, to me, the most technically advanced in your gallery so far. You know how much i admire your use of white – hopefully you understand how amazingly difficult that would be to me, and thats perhaps why i admire your art so much. It still astounds me that you can create something so clean with this beautiful, dirty medium that we love so much. Let me just say, this piece is stunningly quiet. beautiful
Angel Warda
this is so amazing!!!!
down23
Phenomenal work! WOW!!!! ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Marleia M Main
Beautiful charcoal!! I really love the info w/ your work too!! Great portfolio : )
joanna77
love the enormous depth and beauty of your drawing.
Ronnie Mayo
Beautifully done.
Simon Aberle
Incredible! how do you do the fine white lines? some sort of fine eraser??
cinquain replied
Some of it is hard black rubber eraser. The thinnest ones are extremely sharp white charcoal pencil. :)
soos
Outstanding artwork!...u have an incredible talent! :)
fullcirclemand...
amazing!
Deborah Holman
Your drawings are fantastic I love the drama of them
AmandaBerg
I can hardly believe that you have drawn this by hand… Really, really beautiful.. You are very talented!
dogfish
incredible control of your medium!
briliant!
eseffpe
you’re work is just so incredible. im in awe!
Jennifer Ferry
phenomenal
josiem
beautiful! love the lighting
kimberleigh sarah
Oh my,your work is just so stunning! your talent is unreal! Keep it up! =)
Shannon Paskaruk
gorgeous!
betha
Beautiful work!! Well done on the challenge win!
EcstaticFear
She is beautiful..
Elucidate
Congrats on your sale!
multipleme
this is great i love it and all your work!!!
Paul Horton
Stunning !! ;0)
Karen Tillotson
Amazing work!
AnGeLLe
All of your work is awesome!!
ABPhotoArt
Incredible fade to white… Love it!