I made this a couple of weeks ago, but got stuck after the initiation on the war of Ukraine. Art seems meaningless every time a new war breaks out. But… what else can I do.
This painting is called, Kore returns home, and refers to a mythological tale. Kore the daughter of Demeter was stolen by Hades, and dragged to the realm of the dead where she resided as a queen under the name of Persephone. Her mother, the goddess of agriculture, was devastated and refused to let anything grow until her daughter was returned to her. So a deal was brokered by the Gods. In the winter Kore was to be with Hades, in the summer she would be with her mother… The Eleusinian Mysteries was founded on this myth.
