Week 10. "Queen Bee" 12"x12" oil on canvas

Wondering what the face of the Queen Bee from "Zeus and the Queen Bee" looks like? Here she is! This is one of three paintings that will be in the show "Never Think SMALL!- Redux" at Climate/Gallery in Long Island City, Queens beginning Saturday, April 3rd, 2010. The other two pieces I'll be showing are also women as insects. If you'd like to see the them please come see them in person. Click here for directions to the gallery. The opening reception for the show is Saturday evening, April 10th.

Week 8. "Zeus and the Queen Bee" 30"x40"

"A queen bee from Hymettus flew up to Olympus with some fresh honey from the hive as a present to Jupiter, who was so pleased with the gift that he promised to give her anything she liked to ask for. She said she would be very grateful if he would give stings to the bees, to kill people who robbed them of their honey. Jupiter was greatly displeased with this request, for he loved mankind. But he had given his word, so he said that stings they should have. The stings he gave them, however, were of such a kind that whenever a bee stings a man the sting is left in the wound, and the bee dies. Evil wishes, like fowl, come home to roost." Aesop's fable, The Bee and Jupiter as translated by V. S. Vernon Jones.