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Psyche Opening the Door into Cupid’s Garden (1904), by J.W. Waterhouse 

One year after “Psyche Opening the Golden Box”, Waterhouse paints Psyche again and he chose to paint the same woman wearing the same clothes.  Here she is shown entering a secret garden – one of the soul and the heart - where she will meet Cupid.  Cupid was given the task to make her fall in love with a monster, but after scratching himself to his own arrow, he immediately falls in love with the beautiful Psyche.  He does however not want her to see his face in daylight so that is why they meet and make love only in the darkness of night.

The story was retold by Apuleius, a Numidian author living in the Roman Empire, but scenes where already illustrated on much older Greek vases.  Many painters have painted Psyche and Cupid naked together in bed, but Waterhouse honours the original meaning by leaving Cupid invisible.  It took him nevertheless four years to sell this painting.

Psyche Opening the Golden Box (1903), by J.W. Waterhouse 

Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul, was given four impossible tasks by Venus.  Three of them she succeeded in accomplishing, but the last one was not to open a golden box that she was given.  The box was supposed to contain beauty in its purest form.  This seemed by far the easiest task, but of course her curiosity wins and after she had opened the box she falls in a deep sleep, only to be rescued by Cupid.

During the early years of the twentieth century, Waterhouse had trouble selling his paintings.  He had to lower his prices to £300-400 each.  This one was sold to Ernest Moon, the barrister who also bought “The Lady Clare”.

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Psyche by painter Lyndon Andrews

Here is the artist’s commentary from www.lyndonandrews.blogspot.com

The inspiration for this painting, Psyche, comes from Greek myth. Psyche was a beautiful princess who incurred the wrath of Aphrodite.

Psyche means soul in Greek and also butterfly.  The initial inspiration for the butterflies in my paintings comes not from that, but funnily enough from a bookI read on Wedgwood.  The potters would place butterflies over flaws made in the firing of an item. These would disguise the imperfections.  In time the meaning of the butterflies has changed for me, in my paintings.

I like the dichotomy of the lightness of the butterflies and the weight of the models. And how it plays with your mind, in the sense that your values slip between the two. They also create the sense of space that the model occupies and also pin them to the composition.

April 2022 Patreon rewards (Twisted Cupid and Psyche) have arrived and are being mailed out this week to my April Sun Tier Patrons!

To lend your support and/or see behind the scene process work and/or get this month’s May Patreon rewards join my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

So the design for this month’s sticker has been decided thanks to my Sun Tier Patrons voting!

So this month’s April Patreon Rewards for the above are as follows -

Moon Tier Patreon -

-Coloring Page (png) of the line work of the Illustration of the Month (design on right)

Sun Tier Patreon -

-Coloring Page (png) of the line work of the Illustration of the Month (design on right)
-Vinyl Sticker (design on left)
-Mini Art Print (double sided (design on right/left))

And of course at the end of this month April’s Illustration of the Month will join my print line up on my Inprnt store - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/jmadorran//

There is only a few hours left to join for my April Patreon Rewards. ☺️

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Exploring some poses for Psyche based off this month’s theme .

To lend your support and/or see behind the scene process work and/or get this month’s Patreon rewards join my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

Sticker Option 02- Twisted Cupid and Psyche

This month my Sun Tier Patrons are voting on their sticker reward for this month. This is one of the 2 options they are going to decide on. Sun Tier Patrons are voting now to choose the winning design for this month’s sticker. Join my Patreon Sun Tier if you want to vote and receive this month’s sticker and mini art print reward.

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Sticker Option 01 - Twisted Cupid and Psyche

This month my Sun Tier Patrons are voting on their sticker reward for this month. This is one of the 2 options they are going to decide on. The second option is still a work in progress but once it’s complete Sun Tier Patrons will get to add there vote to choose the winning design for this month’s sticker. Join my Patreon Sun Tier if you want to vote and receive this month’s sticker and mini art print reward.

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

So this month my Patron’s voted for this month’s Twisted Fairy Tale theme and the results were…..

Cupid and Psyche + Hollywood Glamour = Twisted Cupid and Psyche

…and this is the illustration created based off this theme . I took inspiration from J.C. Leyendecker’s “Couple Descending Staircase” and Alphonse Mucha’s Art to create this. I was trying to capture the look of vintage Hollywood glamour. This will join my Inprnt.com print line up at the end of this month.

April Patreon Moon Tier - Will receive a coloring page png of the line work of this piece at the end of this month.

April Patreon Sun Tier - Will receive a double sided mini art print (the other side has not been revealed yet) of this illustration in the mail along with this month’s sticker reward (design has not been revealed yet). And will also be receiving a coloring page png of the line work of this piece at the end of this month too.

To lend your support and/or see behind the scene process work and/or get this month’s Patreon rewards join my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

So this month my Patron’s voted for this month’s Twisted Fairy Tale theme and the results were…..

Cupid and Psyche + Hollywood Glamour = Twisted Cupid and Psyche

…and this is me exploring some fashion options for Cupid based off this theme .

To lend your support and/or see behind the scene process work and/or get this month’s Patreon rewards join my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

So this month my Patron’s voted for this month’s Twisted Fairy Tale theme and the results were…..

Cupid and Psyche + Hollywood Glamour = Twisted Cupid and Psyche

…and this is me exploring some fashion options for Psyche based off this theme .

To lend your support and/or see behind the scene process work and/or get this month’s Patreon rewards join my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/jmadorran

Okay, here are some little paintings I’ve done recently, all dumped into one post, ha. They’re all Greek Goddesses; the originals are in ink, using the a brush for the linework, and are quite small, like only an inch and a half wide. Top to bottom they are Selene, the Moon Goddess; Amphitrite, the Goddess of the Sea; Gorgyra, an Underworld nymph; Psykhe, the Goddess of the soul; Elpis, Goddess of hope; Lethe, Goddess of Oblivion; Khione, the Goddess of snow; and Metis, the Goddess of wisdom and cunning, mother of Athena.

A few Disco Elysium valentine cards. ♥  Only wrong answers!

The lateralization of Christopher J_______.

Eros and Psyche