The Woman in the Water
An illustration based on the legend of the Lady of the Lake for the Encounters with the Imaginary Book 3. This main illustration was also accompanied by a short story.
Excerpt:
In the middle of her lake, the Lady urges those with dark hearts and cruel desires to gaze into the water. It is not always a sword they see beneath their searching reflection. Some see kingdoms beneath their thumb. Others see a power granted to them without limit. None see the pale swans effortlessly gliding across the surface of the water. The Lady lures the false kings to her breathless depths. The boats return empty. The lady continues to wait.
An illustration based on the legend of the Lady of the Lake for the Encounters with the Imaginary Book 3. This secondary illustration was also accompanied by a short story.
Excerpt:
Some come with demands; thinking themselves worthy. Others bear gifts; their lecherous smiles promising unwanted offerings. She greets them all, emerging from her lake to listen to their hearts rather than their words. Most, she invites deeper. The ripples of their boats lap silently against the shore as they are engulfed by mist.
The Woman and the Swans
An illustration based on the legend of the Lady of the Lake for the Encounters with the Imaginary Book 3. This secondary illustration was also accompanied by a short story.
Excerpt:
And when they fall, as many do in war, she gathers their spirits close and gives them life in the form of the silent swans that drift upon her lake. Together, the Lady and her swans greet the false kings, welcoming them to the icy nothingness of what lies beneath.
