Stephen Haws

Apollo, The Forge of Vulcan, Painting, Oil on Other

2015

"Lifting Soul" is an idea of a Faun playing a flute. He is playing a personal song for you anytime you need. Painting size is 11x15 inches canvas mounted on board. Varnished: Sho...

The suppliant of antiquity sought protection or mercy at the alter of gods or at the feet of kings. The once great hero Iolaus, cousin and adventuring partner of Heracles, was one su...

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (Haarlem 1562–1638)Workshop Apollo tending the flocks of Admetus Oil on canvas 93 x 69 cm In frame 92 x 116 cm The foreground is dominated by the powerful figure of the Greek god Apollo, dressed in a single drape that leaves most of his athletic body uncovered: the god of the arts and music holds his lyre, one of his most iconic attributes, in his hands; with the same arm, he holds a shepherd's crook: an unusual tool for this deity, but one that allows us to understand the particular episode in which he is involved. The subject refers, in particular, to the mythical episode in which Apollo was punished by Zeus for exterminating the Cyclopes and forced to serve a mortal for nine years: his sentence was to protect, as a shepherd, the flocks of King Admetus (king of Pherae, in Thessaly). This particular episode is very interesting because it also tells us about the origin of the lyre as an instrument sacred to the god: in the Homeric hymns, it is said that Hermes...

“Homme sans bras”. Oil on canvas, 2017.

 Unique work, in which the artist adopts a figurative language characterised by strong realism and references to the Renaissance. Signed by...