Nyai Roro Kidul Series ( Queen of Java Sea ) - 3 Sculpture

Bali is the most recent episode in a lifelong artistic journey that has taken Daphne from her birthplace in Brittany, France, across the four corners of the world. She enjoyed the discipline of painting portraits were you have to accommodate your inspiration (obviously within certain limits) and found out that this discipline made her grow as a painter. Daphne studied drawing, painting, sculpture in the School of Fine Arts, in Le Mans, France. Before settling down in Bali, she had a successful career as a painter as well as portrait painter and had exhibition of her artwork in different countries ( Portugal, Spain, Greece, Egypt, Belgium, United States, India and Indonesia) More recently, she develop a new style of expression in creating statuettes, putting together elements from nature which she had collected along the years. This new form of creativity in 3D is inspired by mythical themes from East and Wes Nyai Roro Kidul collections are Inspired by the legend of Nyai Roro Kidul ( Queen of Java Sea ). Nyai Roro Kidul is often illustrated as a mermaid with a tail as well as the lower body parts of a fish. The mythical creature is claimed to be able to take the soul of any who she wished for. According to local popular beliefs around coastal villages on Southern Java, the Queen often claims the lives of fishermen or visitors that bathe on the beach, and she usually prefers handsome young men. The role of Nyai Loro Kidul as a Javanese Spirit-Queen became a popular motif in traditional Javanese folklore and palace mythologies, as well as being tied in with the beauty of Sundanese and Javanese princesses. Another aspect of her mythology was her ability to change shape and her appearance several times a day. Nyai Loro Kidul is in control of the violent waves of the Indian Ocean from her dwelling place in the heart of the ocean in a significant amount of the folklore that surrounds her. Another pervasive part of folklore surrounding her is the color aqua green, gadhung m'lathi in Javanese, which is favored and referred to by her and is thus forbidden to wear along the southern coast of Java.[8] She is often described as wearing clothes or selendang (silky sashes) in this color. - Set in brass and silver. Head dress motif in brass and black zirconias inserted in silver. Fresh water pearl, urchin bone, white and red corals. Stand in teak

Sculpture:brass on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9.1 W x 15.4 H x 2.8 D in

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