Thursday, 21 August 2025

Below the Brine - Ran's many moods



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?... 





Below the Brine II in three stages   print and mixed media 20x21cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec




Below the Brine III   print and mixed media 20x21cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec


Thursday, 14 August 2025

Deeply Darkly I & II - Ran's many moods

 


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




Monday, 11 August 2025

Ran's Glimmers - drypoint with mixed media

 


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.