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"GREEK" by Julianne Dodds

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SciFi and Fantasy Art GREEK by Julianne Dodds


	Basically an illustration to any Greek or Roman story you could think of, although I have The Odyssey in mind. The carving in the background is of Hestia, the goddess of fertility.

Date	Name	Comment
30 Mar 2004	Adair Siiver	Loading... Whatttt!?!?! No comments?! This is totally awesome! Your watercolour teqnique is superb! I love the folds of the clothing, and the detail is wonderful, amazing work! Huzzah! Julianne Dodds replies: "Well, I just put the picture up a little while ago. Thanks for the comments."
1 Jun 2004	Cassandra the prophetess	Loading... Hi! I find this very nice, pretty, but I think Demeter and Hera are the goddesses of fertility, Hestia is only goddess of Hearth and home pretty much, goes off to re-read her Greek mythology this could take a while I have A LOT of Greek mythology to re-read. Julianne Dodds replies: "Hestia generally is the goddess of the hearth, but some interpretations put her in charge over all aspects of the home, which is what this painting is more about. "
6 Oct 2004	Emil Cosma	Loading... Wow, I love how you reresented the folds in the clothing, it looks practically real! Just a side note- Hestia isn't spelled literally how it is pronounced in English. Although with modern Greek having X represent H, her name was spelled (if you directly translate letter-per-letter Greek aplhabet into English) 'Estia (the apostrophe in front of the E means "hard breath" which gives a suttle h sound, which the Romans translated to an actual H, but originally the X sounded like a light K in Ancient Greek and represented by the letters CH, like in Christmas and Chronology, which in Greek, both modern and ancient, were spelled with X). Julianne Dodds replies: "You caught me. But thanks for the comments."
19 Jan 2005	Tommy Fredriksson	Loading... I like the colours in this one but if you want some advise then there should be more of them on the wall and on the relief. The ancient Greeks used a lot of colour, all the white surfaces one see in modern movies and books remind more of how the ruins of today look and less of how the looked in there time. Julianne Dodds replies: "I appreciate the advice and I'll keep that in mind."
28 Jun 2006	Kylie Robinson	Loading... very beautiful, you have real talent. I especially love the folds of the clothes. It's a really nice pic
5 Dec 2007	The Brownie	Loading... Wow! It's great!
19 Jan 2008	Ridesthewind	Loading... This is exqusite! Excelent job. I personaly love the greek myths.