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Caribbean Queen - Conch Shell Painting
Watercolor - Queen Conch Shell
The Queen Conch is one of the most beautiful shells found in the Caribbean, its bright pink inner lip contrasting with the clear turquoise sea. I could not resist painting this gorgeous Queen Conch Shell in watercolor. Original 20x14.
Available in custom sizes as a kiln fired tile mural or a Giclee print or archival paper or canvas. Custom framing available.
The beautiful 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 it’s meat and it’s shell; which has been scrimshawed, carved into ornate sculptures, jewelry like cameos, beads and buttons, and occasionally the conch contains a rare treasured pink pearl.
Ancient mariners abd Pirates to the present have used the conch as a ships trumpet - with only the slightest modifications.
Shells are associated with the water symbols as the source of life, and are linked to the Yin, the feminine. In the Maya culture, the Conch represents the waters, and ornately carved shells have been excavated from Maya ruins and its image has been found in their hieroglyphs.
It is the emblem of Neptune, as well as the god Vishnu, as the lord of the waters.
The conch is also associated with the spiral that represents the great swirling force of whirlwinds and the movements of the heavens and has represented the energy of both the sun and the moon. The spiral is the main manifestation of energy in nature - as energy is believed to flow in the form of a spiral. The spiral also represents the circling of the soul, which eventually returns to the center, or truth.
In China, shells symbolize a successful journey and good fortune.
In the small country of the Conch Republic (Key West) the Queen Conch is is the National Symbol.
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 travel well.
The Original painting now lives in Switzerland ...Queen Conchs do travel.
Available in custom sizes as a kiln fired tile mural or a Giclee print or archival paper or canvas. Custom framing available.
The beautiful 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 it’s meat and it’s shell; which has been scrimshawed, carved into ornate sculptures, jewelry like cameos, beads and buttons, and occasionally the conch contains a rare treasured pink pearl.
Ancient mariners abd Pirates to the present have used the conch as a ships trumpet - with only the slightest modifications.
Shells are associated with the water symbols as the source of life, and are linked to the Yin, the feminine. In the Maya culture, the Conch represents the waters, and ornately carved shells have been excavated from Maya ruins and its image has been found in their hieroglyphs.
It is the emblem of Neptune, as well as the god Vishnu, as the lord of the waters.
The conch is also associated with the spiral that represents the great swirling force of whirlwinds and the movements of the heavens and has represented the energy of both the sun and the moon. The spiral is the main manifestation of energy in nature - as energy is believed to flow in the form of a spiral. The spiral also represents the circling of the soul, which eventually returns to the center, or truth.
In China, shells symbolize a successful journey and good fortune.
In the small country of the Conch Republic (Key West) the Queen Conch is is the National Symbol.
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 travel well.
The Original painting now lives in Switzerland ...Queen Conchs do travel.