There is an ancient Greek myth that tells how the titan Prometheus sculpted the first human being out of mud, and goddess Athena breathed life into and placed a soul (in the form of a butterfly) into his clay figure's head.
I've known of this story for a long time and, whenever I'd think about it (which wasn't all that often, to be honest) I knew the myth could make a cool image, but I wasn't sure how to illustrate it... So I'd end up moving on to another project, because I always have many ideas I want to get down. Suddenly a month or two ago and quite out of the blue, I thought I could make my myth-image look like this: the new artwork at the top of this here post. My "Morpho Athena" (sans Promethus)!
If you like this artwork and are interested in purchasing a print, you can click here to visit my Etsy store and pick up a copy. Thanks so much!
