Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistSavanna Redman Platinum Member Collectionprivate
Description 'Caribbean Queen'
20 x 14 watercolor on DArches paper.
The Queen Conch is one of the most beautiful shells found in the Caribbean. Set against the blue sea - I couldn't resist painting it.
This painting is also available, in custom sizes, as a kiln-fired tile mural at www.savanna-art.com
The Queen Conch has been valued throughout history, traded and carried home from many adventures. This huge mollusk shell, with flaring bright pink lips, has been collected for its meat and its shell; which has been scrimshawed, carved into ornate sculptures, jewelry like cameos, beads and buttons. Occasionally the conch contains a rare treasured pink pearl.
Ancient mariners used the conch (with slight modifications) as a ships trumpet.
It is the emblem of Neptune as well as the god Vishnu, and in China - symbolize a successful journey and good fortune.
Shells are associated with water symbols as the source of life, and are linked to the Yin, the feminine. In the Maya culture the Conch represents the waters; ornately carved shells have been excavated from Maya ruins and its image has been found in their hieroglyphs.
Associated with the spiral it represents energy in nature, the great swirling force of whirlwinds and the movements of the heavens. The spiral also represents the circling of the soul, which eventually returns to the center, or truth.
Sadly, in many populated areas, the conch has been over collected. Conchs are the natural enemy of a species of starfish that destroys the coral reef. Seriously struggling for survival themselves, and relied upon by other reef creatures. Their old empty shells are often the homes of the red hermit crab the harmless and largest (fist size) hermit crab in the West Indies. So, if you pick up an old shell on the beach - make certain it is not a hermit crabs home They cannot live without their adopted shell and they do not
Savanna Redman, British Virgin Islands ~ Caribbean Member Since November 2006 Artist Statement I'm inspired by nature, wildlife, travel and ancient cultures.
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