Daughters of the evening 2 - Bob Aldous

Watercolour & Acrylic on Marigold Silk. In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and the golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West" The name means originating from Hesperos (evening). Hesperos, or Vesper in Latin, is the origin of the name Hesperus, the evening star (i.e. the planet Venus) as well as having a shared root with the English word "west". £9,000 for the Diptych.