Artemis Still Lifes While poverty drove him to

While poverty drove him to paint it also held him back

and often visiting his studio

possibly from the Varmland region of Sweden

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

Artemis Still Lifes While poverty drove him toIn our Cecil Court Gallery Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, wild animals and she is the protector of young girls. She is often depicted in the company of animals and portrayed carrying a bow and arrows. In some ways Artemis is the antithesis of Aphrodite, since she is a maiden goddess and never married. She did fall in love once, with Orion a love story with a tragic ending, but she usually avoided the company of men and preferred to hunt in the