Helios and Clytie    20”x 24”

Oil/ Acrylic by Melinda McCarthy 2006

If you have ever seen a field full of sunflowers, you may notice that they always seem to follow the sun.
The reasom for this , according to Greek mythology, is because of the love Clytie had for Helois the sun god. Sitting watching the god’s travels as he rose and set each day Clytie pined away until she eventually became rooted to ground and transformed into a sunflower forever following her love.