CUPID AND PSYCHE
Ancient Paradise Collection · Mythology & Archetypes
Original oil painting on canvas, hexagonal format, approximately 30 cm, created in 2025.
THE STORY
Cupid and Psyche is one of mythology's enduring stories of love, trust, transformation and the meeting of the human soul with desire.
This painting enters the emotional space between two beings: intimacy and distance, longing and surrender, vulnerability and devotion. The embrace becomes a symbolic threshold where love asks us to become more courageous, more open and more fully ourselves.
Within Ancient Paradise, the myth becomes a contemporary psychological mirror. Cupid and Psyche represent the meeting of opposing forces within us—the part that longs to merge and the part that fears being seen.
THE ARCHETYPE
The Cupid and Psyche archetype speaks to love as a transformative force. It is not only about romance, but about the inner journey required to trust, surrender control and allow intimacy to change us.
The work holds union and separation, desire and vulnerability, tension and tenderness within a single symbolic form.
THE ANCIENT PARADISE READING
Cupid and Psyche is a painting about the threshold where love becomes transformation. The meeting between the two figures can be read as the meeting between desire and soul, attraction and trust, the longing to unite and the courage to remain fully oneself.
The hexagonal form reinforces the sense of a contained symbolic portal—a small object carrying a larger inner landscape.
THE COLLECTION
Part of the Ancient Paradise body of work exploring mythology, universal archetypes, memory, psychology and symbolic presence through contemporary painting.
ARTWORK DETAILS
Medium
Oil on CanvasFormat
HexagonSize
Approximately 30 cmYear
2025Series
Mythology & ArchetypesOriginal
One-of-a-kind original artworkArtist
Liron RafaelSignature
Signed by the artistCertificate of Authenticity
Included
This is an original painting—not a print or reproduction.
COLLECTOR DETAILS
Original artwork by Liron Rafael · One of a kind · Signed by the artist · Certificate of Authenticity included.
Cupid and Psyche
CARE & PRESERVATION
Keep the artwork away from direct sunlight, heat, and humidity.
Clean gently with a dry, soft cloth only.
For long-term preservation, professional framing or appropriate protective presentation is recommended.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY
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RETURNS & DAMAGE
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ONE-OF-A-KIND ORIGINAL
Original artwork — one of a kind.
SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Signed by Liron Rafael.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED
Certificate of Authenticity included.
