“Aphrodite Embracing her Rock at Palaepaphos” by Regina Zepeda-Albexon

Oil painting on professional oil painting paper (50 x 64 cm )

The area of Palaepaphos (old Paphos) is the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite.

After getting inspired by Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” and Andy Warhol’s “Birth of Venus”, I ended up painting “Aphrodite Embracing her Rock at Palaepaphos”.

According to a Greek old legend, the birthplace of Aphrodite is located near the village of Kouklia, 16 kilometers southeast from the city of Paphos, in the southwestern beach area of Cyprus. One can see an enormous rock next to where Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty emerged naked from the water.

She was created from the foam of the sea caused after Gaia (Mother Earth) asked her son Cronus to mutilate his father Uranus (Sky). Cronus castrated his father Uranus and threw his genitals into the sea.

After this happened, Aphrodite emerged naked from the foamy water next to the rock of Petra tou Romiou (“Rock of the Roman”). This rock is now called Aphrodites Rock.

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[Commissioned]….
Accepting commissions for paintings on (50 x 64 cm) (19.685 in x 25.1969 in) painted on professional 240g/square meter professional artist paper for 250 Euro without including delivery costs.
This paintings come mounted on a 60 x 80 passepartout.

Important Notice: The Aphrodite painting is an oil painting. It took a long time to dry (three to four weeks of a drying period often using a fan). The future paintings I am selling for 250 Euro on 240g/square meter professional art paper will be painted only using acrylic paints.

I do paint often using oil paints. Basically almost all my paintings on canvases are oil paints, but painting using oil paints on this professional art paper took a long time to dry.

Send me an email to info@reginazepedaalbexon-art.com if you are interested on getting a commissioned painting.

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