This Page, above, Sunflowers, print – Olha Darchuk, https://www.saatchiart.com/print/Painting- Sunflowers/756929/4912358/view Following Page, Sunflowers on Silk, 19” x 26” – Irene MacKenzie, www.irenemackenzie.com
In Greek mythology, the story goes that a nymph named Clytie was in love with Apollo, the God of Sun. In the beginning, he loved her too, but then his head was turned toward another nymph. In a fit of jealous rage, Clytie told the other nymphs father, who then buried his daughter alive as punishment. Apollo was so angry that he then turned Clytie into a sunflower. But, as her love for him was so strong, she watched him move across the sky every day, just how sunflowers follow the sun.
