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Lana Korolievskaia
Artist from Ukraine
Was born in 1963. I've been drawing since childhood. Have designer's education. I work as a teacher of painting and design in local college. Sometimes I do design projects. I have illustrated more than 50 books. I took part in many prestigious international illustration competitions. 2004 – was awarded by iBbY (International Council for Books for Young people) Honour List 2004 for the high quality illustrations, Basel, Switzerland and by the Certificate of Honour for Illustration (for “Piratic stories”), Cape Town, South Africa.
I paint pictures in my free time - for my own pleasure.
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Samurai who defeated the serpent
Drawing by Lana Korolievskaia
66.5 x 95 cm • Ink
In the fine arts, various authors turned to the image of the samurai and gave him their own interpretation. In her painting, the artist depicted a samurai defeating the serpent. The katana sword is the very samurai soul of the Serpent symbolizes chaos. Victory over the serpent means overcoming of chaos, submission of the lower nature, ascension of the spirit over matter.
And this confrontation does not necessarily have to happen outside. Sometimes the battlefield is the inner world of a person. Let us be such samurais at our hearts. Let us overcome our imperfections and rise above our previous imperfect state. And we will do this constantly, no matter how unattainable the ideal is. Samurai never stops, he always moves forward. He abandoned the goal. The path is all he has. He is what he is, because there is nothing else left for him. Snakes are also always reborn. They cannot be defeated once and for all. This fight is eternal.
About the artist
Lana Korolievskaia
Artist from Ukraine
Was born in 1963. I've been drawing since childhood. Have designer's education. I work as a teacher of painting and design in local college. Sometimes I do design projects. I have illustrated more than 50 books. I took part in many prestigious international illustration competitions. 2004 – was awarded by iBbY (International Council for Books for Young people) Honour List 2004 for the high quality illustrations, Basel, Switzerland and by the Certificate of Honour for Illustration (for “Piratic stories”), Cape Town, South Africa.
I paint pictures in my free time - for my own pleasure.
Tell what you think...
What do you see in this artwork?
