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Inspired by John Waterhouses'
"Psyche opening the box"
This is my own version.

I've tried to add all the elements that make up the Psyche and Cupid story, which is far too long to explain here...
but explained here :) [link]
(bonus points if you can work out why I've added a butterfly in the picture before you look at the explanation)

Painting stages WIP here [link]
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~adampedrone8 May 9, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
love this
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*SteveDelamare May 9, 2013
cheers
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~They-Are-Not-Stars Mar 19, 2013
Pandora's butterfly of hope (that possibly Cupid sends her)? Or is that Cupid in a different form watching after her?
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*SteveDelamare Mar 20, 2013
close :)
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*WildZyria Mar 9, 2013  Hobbyist
Butterfly for virginal innocence? Although I'd think it is also there since the older artists when giving her wings gave her the wings of a butterfly!

Now I will read the explanation. lol
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*SteveDelamare Mar 9, 2013
Both are good answers.. not right, but good ;)
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*WildZyria Mar 9, 2013  Hobbyist
lol! Thank you xD Next guess would have been "soul" of course... of course. :P
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*WildZyria Mar 9, 2013  Hobbyist
Lol, soul, of course why didn't I think of that. XD I even had a whole Literature class on it once upon a time (Plath or Keats, can't recall. Maybe Neruda)
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~Tikal143 Jan 6, 2013  Student General Artist
This is beautiful! I would check this book out whenever I went to the library in elementary school.
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*SteveDelamare Jan 6, 2013
that's great to know, thank you :)
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