Meet Calliope. I absolutely love this piece and secretly wish I could keep it forever. (But honestly, the studio isn’t where it would shine best- it deserves to be on a wall making others happy.)
Calliope directly translates as “beautiful-voiced” but the story of Calliope is much more nuanced and interesting than simple just having a beautiful voice.
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Calliope was considered the “top” muse (of the nine muses of Greek mythology) responsible for eloquence, song, and epic poetry and apparently had a bit of a stubborn arrogance. (The story goes that she was so annoyed at being challenged to a singing contest, that after she won the contest she punished the challengers by turning them into magpies.)
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I wanted to capture that complexity in my painting. Beautiful and thoughtful, mixed with a bit of chaos and fire in her core.
(Calliope- watercolor and ink original painting, 36”x36”, $2300 unframed)