Oil on board, 8x8 inches. 2020.

Part of the Mnemosyne Greek Mythology series.

Sappho, Fragment 34:
"The stars hide away their shining form around lovely Selene when in all her fullness she shines over all the earth."

Sappho, Fragment 96:
"Rosy-fingered Selene after sunset, surpassing all the stars, and her light spreads alike over the salt sea and the flowery fields; the dew is shed in beauty, and roses bloom and tender chervil and flowery melilot."

Euripides:
"Selene, circle of gleaming gold, daughter of radiant-belted Helios."

Selene to the Greeks and Luna to the Romans, the shining-faced goddess of the moon. Can be shipped framed or unframed depending on the buyer's preference.