SIZE : 18" x 24" x 1.5"
MEDIUM : Metallic acrylic, Oil on canvas
YEAR : 2025
Quality, archival materials.
Coated with UV-protective gloss varnish.
Ready to hang.
Signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
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The black swan rises from the shadows like a Dark Goddess or Black Madonna. Sensual black orchids and deathly shadows contrast bridal anemone blossoms and white-feathered cygnets. This visual poem of light and dark dance across a silver background, veiled by a violet night, where the Cygnus constellation is visible.
The calligraphed words are plucked from Hans Christian Anderson's parable "The Ugly Duckling," about a young swan raised by ducks, whose primal longing to be beautiful and belong, is finally fulfilled when he grows up to resemble his true kin. The Black Swan similarly represents an undesired imposter in the Swan Lake myth, as well as the Jungian shadow self, banished to the unconscious realm.
In this mythic painting, beauty and belonging transcend the duality of light and dark, reclaiming and restoring that which was exiled to the shadows, and enriching new life with wisdom.
SIZE : 18" x 24" x 1.5"
MEDIUM : Metallic acrylic, Oil on canvas
YEAR : 2025
Quality, archival materials.
Coated with UV-protective gloss varnish.
Ready to hang.
Signed Certificate of Authenticity included.
~
The black swan rises from the shadows like a Dark Goddess or Black Madonna. Sensual black orchids and deathly shadows contrast bridal anemone blossoms and white-feathered cygnets. This visual poem of light and dark dance across a silver background, veiled by a violet night, where the Cygnus constellation is visible.
The calligraphed words are plucked from Hans Christian Anderson's parable "The Ugly Duckling," about a young swan raised by ducks, whose primal longing to be beautiful and belong, is finally fulfilled when he grows up to resemble his true kin. The Black Swan similarly represents an undesired imposter in the Swan Lake myth, as well as the Jungian shadow self, banished to the unconscious realm.
In this mythic painting, beauty and belonging transcend the duality of light and dark, reclaiming and restoring that which was exiled to the shadows, and enriching new life with wisdom.
