August's spiral shell drawing pencil and ink on paper ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Below the Brine I print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
The ambiguity of the Ran myth intrigues me still. I am attracted to the relatable human quality of her moods...calm, playful, stern, raging... not many female characters are able to be more than one thing in mythology that I have read about - women are either good or evil, victims or villains, virgins or seducers - Ran could be any or all of these. I wonder if the oral tradition of these myths were still alive if her character would be more black and white or just as ambiguous. My hope would be the ambiguous - like the ocean able to change in a heartbeat - how much more interesting and realistic.
Three calmer and possibly more playful moods in Below the Brine but the net is still there glinting and dazzling, waiting, biding its time or with the potential to change?...
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Below the Brine II in three stages print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Below the Brine III print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Deeply Darkly print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Further explorations into Ran's many moods. I am enjoying the linear elements in the compositions which I think give an added chaotic energy and tension. What do you think?
These pieces are available at Folksy and Etsy.
Deeply Darkly II print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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Sketchbook experiments in mixed media ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
'...have gold, so if lost at sea you aren't empty handed to Ran's hall'
- Fridhjaf's saga
Golden tributes thrown over the side of the boat to appease Ran for a safe crossing whilst a recurring theme in many mythologies is to pay the boatman for crossing into the next life. The more about mythology that I read the more connections I make between peoples and cultures, we are more alike than not. The same worries and fears even over vast distances and time, I wish we could remember that a bit more.
Ghost print from Scintillating II with mixed media ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Ran's Glimmers ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
The gold mica paint is from a set by Kuretake - Gansai Tambi Starry Colours which is a range of 6 from silver pearl to a deep rich gold.