Crowned by the Deep
Original art by Carmen Delprat.
Illustration on Paper. 54cm x 73cm, 2023. Unframed.
 
 
Crowned by the Deep
Beneath the restless waves, where sunlight fades and silence deepens, she awakens — a queen not of land, but of the ocean’s whispered secrets.
Her crown is not of gold or jewels, but the intricate stripes of a zebra shell: bold, contrasting and mysterious. Each line a ripple of ancient tides, each curve a story folded within the depths.
The zebra shell, with its striking balance of black and white stripes, holds a deeper symbolism — a perfect harmony of opposites. It is the union of light and shadow, chaos and calm, strength and grace. This balance mirrors the duality within us all, the dance between our waking self and the dreamer beneath.
 
In this quiet realm, time bends and reality softens. She drifts in a trance, caught between waking and dreaming — a liminal space where the sea speaks through shell and shadow. The patterns on her crown echo the rhythm of the deep, a code written in salt and shadow, waiting to be deciphered by those who dare to look beneath the surface.
 
This is a portrait of transformation, a celebration of mystery and an invitation to pause — to listen to the silent currents beneath the noise of the world. She is both guardian and muse, a spellbound queen crowned by the deep, calling you into her dream.