Chloris/Flora The Nymph

Chloris turns in profile beneath a crown of pink flowers. Long blue braids fall across her back; a slender hand rests on her shoulder. The turquoise figure and vivid orange ground give this mythological portrait its striking presence.

Original oil painting on canvas.

“As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora.”

— Ovid

Drawing on the classical myth of Chloris and Flora, the painting reimagines the figure associated with spring, flowers, and renewal. In Ovid’s Fasti, the Roman goddess Flora identifies herself by the Greek name Chloris and describes the garden and flowers placed in her care.

The painting reflects themes of transformation, fertility, beauty, and rebirth, invoking the mythological figure believed to bring flowers and flourishing life into existence.

Ovid, Fasti, Book V

Size: 48 × 36 in

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