Around 1638, Italian painter Guido Reni (1575 - 1642) produced this portrait of (probably) Artemisia (350 BC).
Artemisia was a Carian princess, the sister and wife (!) of Mausolus.
The story goes that the dish, dissolved in liquid, contained ashes of Artemisia's deceased and by her dearly beloved Mausolus.
By drinking his ashes, Artemisia wanted to make herself a living tomb.
Whether that really happened, we will never know.
To make the story a little less lugubrious, I modified the portrait into a more cheerful scene.
Now Artemisia is feeding little birds. And that makes everyone happy.
Art with a wink ;-)
The stylists at Art Heroes call my art style ‘Art with a Wink’. And I couldn't agree more. Life is serious enough as it is, don't you think? ;-)
I mainly make surrealist artworks and collages, because in those artstyles I can so wonderfully unleash my creativity and unbridled..
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