Giant Aphrodite portrait created on Paphos beach

A Cypriot painter and Russian sculptor have created a giant portrait of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, on a beach in Paphos.

Katerina Foukara and Arsentiy Lysenkov, who lives in Kissonerga, created the portrait at the beach in front of the Anassa Hotel in Latchi.

“We collected various types of stone from different areas of Paphos,” read a joint statement.

“The materials [stone, water and soil] relate to the three elements digging into our primordial feelings; the stone which stays constant and unchanged eternally unlike water which has movement and constantly moving, and finally the soil is always working.

“In the course of time the project will be altered after it is exposed to the elements leading to differentiated form.”