Mermaids, Six Beautiful Pen and Ink Drawings
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My mermaid fantasy art, evolved from my love of mythology and the sea. Creating pen and ink drawings of mermaids and sea monsters is my imaginations playtime.
To me, mermaid folklore is fascinating. The Mermaid was portrayed as a creature of the water, a beautiful woman with the tail of a fish. To artists she has been symbolic of fertility and the unconscious, sometimes she carries a mirror that represents truth and the soul. Male equivalents are more rare, although the Tritons of Greek mythology (embodying wantonness) were mermen.
It’s amazing that originally some old sailor may have mistaken a breast feeding Manatee or Dugong of East Africa as a “woman of the sea” and created the mythical ladies. A manatee does have only two breast but Manatees can also be 13 feet long, have a snout and whiskers and weigh as much as 3000 pounds! These men must have been at sea much too long or had a bit too much grog in their daily rations.
Sirens were not the same, as the kinder more wishful feminine Mermaid, Sirens had legs and lived at the edge of the sea (occasionally a confused artist - did depicted them as half fish) but they were not like the sweet mermaids. They were not nice! Luring sailors to the rocks with their irresistible serenade... ask Odysseus about his experience with them on the Odyssey.
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Mermaid Cradles Tropical Reef Fish, Stars & Moon Pen and ink drawing of a mermaid - that I envisioned as the mother of the reef, the guardian of all reef life. Stars and a moon shine behind her, while she cradles two fish… Mermaid by Savanna |
Graceful Mermaid Blowing a Conch Shell The surf edges close to a Mermaid with a Conch Shell, Starfish at her side. Mermaid Drawing by Savanna |
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Mermaid Sending Messages to a Sailing Ship A pretty Mermaid who is slipping messages into bottles and setting them adrift towards an old sailing ship in a palm tree edged bay. Mermaid Ink Drawing by Savanna |
Little Mermaid, Dolphin Friend & Fish Having Tea A pen and ink drawing of a pretty, sweet mermaid - sorting the booty of a sunken treasure chest, as her friends - a dolphin and reef fish watch. Mermaid Drawing by Savanna |
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Mermaid & Dolphins Wave Jumping Play! 'Wild Life' Mermaid and Dolphin having fun Surfing and jumping waves. Mermaid Dolphin Rodeo! Mermaid pen and ink drawing by Savanna |
Mermaid, Dolphins, Sea, Moon & Stars On a bright clear Caribbean night, the stars are amazing and dolphins can sometimes be seen in a quiet bay playing in a bioluminescent sea. ...the inspiration behind this pen & ink drawing by Savanna |
