This painting titled Nyx is part of my Modern Mythology series, the idea behind the series is envisioning how mythological characters and stories which are foundational to our society continue to echo and reoccur even in the present day, creating a lens through which we can examine our interactions and motivations in a new way. It also aims to unite the mythic and the ordinary to create a way of seeing the world that contains a little more magic than the world the enlightenment and rationality has foisted on us. To that end I have depicted the goddess of night as an avant-garde young woman illuminated by the harsh artificial light of the street lamp, transforming the model from a real human woman to a mythic editorial-style iconic being.