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"Isis/Aset"
5.5 x 8.5"
Watercolor on watercolor paper
For Sale, framed or unframed ~ Contact me if interested!
Thank you ahead of time for any favorites and comments!
This is my second entry for Ellygator's [link] Ancient Realms contest. Since it has been a few years since my last painting of Isis, I thought she would be the perfect subject.
Unlike many gods and goddesses, Isis and her siblings began life as mortals. I wanted her journey from queen, wife, and widow, to goddess and sorceress, mother and wrath, to show in her face. The gods were also described as having hair of lapis lazuli and skin of gold, so I tried to keep golden and blue undertones wherever I could.
Her son Horus is often described in ancient texts as blue-eyed, a trait perhaps owed to his mother. Genetically, ancient Egyptians are the same as their modern counterparts, but as with any population recessive genes occurred here and there. (Interestingly, Isis and Osiris' brother Set is described as red-haired and green-eyed. Pharaoh Ramses II had auburn hair in his youth, and the funerary statue of the Fifth Dynasty wab priest Neferherenptah shows him with distinctly blue eyes).
Isis has many crowns at her disposal, but I've always liked the vulture crown the best. The Egyptians loved their turquoise (convicts and prisoners were often sent to the turquoise mines to work), so it figures prominently in her headdress, as does lapis and carnelian. The last row of feathers isn't quite as golden because they also were once turquoise. Realizing that made the piece too busy, I washed the color out as best I could and worked the gold in over. No masking was used save for when I covered the figure to do the background wash.
Isis' hair ornaments are modeled on those of the Twelfth Dynasty princess Sit-Hathor-Yunet. No vulture crowns have survived time's trials, so I imagined this one with the help of one of my favorite books, Cyril Aldred's Jewels of the Pharaohs (Thames & Hudson, 1971). Best damn thing I ever bought on E-bay
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Other Egyptian pieces:
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Prints, mugs, and more are all available at my Cafepress store! Visit Arden's Miscellany here [link]
Visit my online gallery & portfolio at [link]
Join me on Facebook! Look for "Arden Ellen Nixon" and become a fan.
None of my images are to be used without express written permission. Woe to any who choose to steal, for so mighty is my art wrath, not even I know its bounds.
5.5 x 8.5"
Watercolor on watercolor paper
For Sale, framed or unframed ~ Contact me if interested!
Thank you ahead of time for any favorites and comments!
This is my second entry for Ellygator's [link] Ancient Realms contest. Since it has been a few years since my last painting of Isis, I thought she would be the perfect subject.
Unlike many gods and goddesses, Isis and her siblings began life as mortals. I wanted her journey from queen, wife, and widow, to goddess and sorceress, mother and wrath, to show in her face. The gods were also described as having hair of lapis lazuli and skin of gold, so I tried to keep golden and blue undertones wherever I could.
Her son Horus is often described in ancient texts as blue-eyed, a trait perhaps owed to his mother. Genetically, ancient Egyptians are the same as their modern counterparts, but as with any population recessive genes occurred here and there. (Interestingly, Isis and Osiris' brother Set is described as red-haired and green-eyed. Pharaoh Ramses II had auburn hair in his youth, and the funerary statue of the Fifth Dynasty wab priest Neferherenptah shows him with distinctly blue eyes).
Isis has many crowns at her disposal, but I've always liked the vulture crown the best. The Egyptians loved their turquoise (convicts and prisoners were often sent to the turquoise mines to work), so it figures prominently in her headdress, as does lapis and carnelian. The last row of feathers isn't quite as golden because they also were once turquoise. Realizing that made the piece too busy, I washed the color out as best I could and worked the gold in over. No masking was used save for when I covered the figure to do the background wash.
Isis' hair ornaments are modeled on those of the Twelfth Dynasty princess Sit-Hathor-Yunet. No vulture crowns have survived time's trials, so I imagined this one with the help of one of my favorite books, Cyril Aldred's Jewels of the Pharaohs (Thames & Hudson, 1971). Best damn thing I ever bought on E-bay
***
Other Egyptian pieces:
***
Prints, mugs, and more are all available at my Cafepress store! Visit Arden's Miscellany here [link]
Visit my online gallery & portfolio at [link]
Join me on Facebook! Look for "Arden Ellen Nixon" and become a fan.
None of my images are to be used without express written permission. Woe to any who choose to steal, for so mighty is my art wrath, not even I know its bounds.
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