Friday, June 20, 2025

Greek Nude (Acrylic and Pencil on Canvas)


I think (?) the writing is Greek. I'm curious about what it says, but not curious enough to go to the trouble of entering the text into an online translator. I find myself wondering what this would have come out looking like if it had been completed. And what the hell it's all about. 

The young lady looks like she might be some kind of cartoon character. Or maybe she's one of these Ponkemons I hear the neighborhood kids talking about while I'm relaxing on my front porch swing, whittling and drinking ice-cold lemonade and reading the Saturday Evening Post.

Whatever the case may be, she's certainly a sturdy little thing, isn't she? va Va VOOM!!!

(Addendum: my curiosity got the better of me. This has something to do with the idea of Aphrodite Pandemos ("Aphrodite for the People": physical love relating to the body and its senses i.e. lust, desire, carnal/sexual love) and Aphrodite Urania ("Aphrodite of the Heavens": love relating to the mind, intellect, emotions and soul/spirit.) 

"The More You Know."

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