Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Crane Maiden - Long Ago and Far Away



Title:     Crane Maiden

Legend:  

Old Japanese folk tales tell of animal spirits such as swans or foxes who choose to take on the form of a human for a while; and even learn to love as a human for a while, but find they must inevitably answer the call to return to the freedom they left in their other form.

This picture depicts an imagined version of such a story; a Crane Maiden discovered coming from the surf onto the land by a poor Japanese fisherman.

The How:

Many blended and newly combined layers of Japanese and Hawaiian antique woodcut prints or paintings.





3 comments:

  1. Well just superb Miss Wildgoose, this is simply wonderful and very interesting.

    I hope your family is better soon.

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  2. This is absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed the story to go with it.
    I am sorry to hear that you have been under such stress and hope that your husband and child are back at home and recovering in speedy fashion.
    Regards, Marie (aka Ozstuff).

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  3. This is beautiful! And it's such a wonderful fairy tale type story too.

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