The Dolphin, 2016 Black ink and graphite on paper
Dolphins have been with me since I was a little girl. My favorite book growing up was Island of the Blue Dolphins — a story about a girl alone on an island, surviving alongside the animals and the sea. Something about that image never left me: a girl, an ocean, and the dolphins moving through it like they knew something she was still learning.
Drawing this one, I wanted to capture the way dolphins carry their entire world in their body — the curve of the wave inside the curve of the skin, the ocean not separate from the animal but living through it. The piece became dense and layered, full of small creatures and forms woven into the dolphin's body, as if everything the sea holds were folded inside a single shape.
Dolphins have moved through human imagination as figures of joy, intelligence, and the kind of communication that happens beneath language. In Greek mythology they carried souls across the sea; in many coastal traditions they are protectors of sailors and swimmers; in Mesoamerican art they appear as creatures of the threshold between water and sky. They are among the few animals who seem to seek out human contact not out of need but out of curiosity — a quality that has made them, across cultures, figures of connection, play, and the deep intelligence of the body in motion.
Premium fine-art giclée print of an original illustration by Nayeli Lavanderos.
Printed on 200 gsm museum-grade matte paper and signed by the artist.
Edition: Open
Available Options:
– Unframed Fine Art Print — Size: 11 × 14 in (28 × 35.5 cm) total paper size, with an A4 artwork area centered within a white border — ideal for framing.
– Framed Black or White — presented in a premium box frame with Perspex glaze and a white mount (passe-partout), ready to hang. Size: 12 × 16 in (30 × 40 cm)
Free worldwide shipping is included with every order. Please allow 5–10 business days for delivery.
Each print is carefully packaged in a sturdy cardboard tube (or boxed within the EU) and wrapped in protective tissue paper.
The Dolphin, 2016 Black ink and graphite on paper
Dolphins have been with me since I was a little girl. My favorite book growing up was Island of the Blue Dolphins — a story about a girl alone on an island, surviving alongside the animals and the sea. Something about that image never left me: a girl, an ocean, and the dolphins moving through it like they knew something she was still learning.
Drawing this one, I wanted to capture the way dolphins carry their entire world in their body — the curve of the wave inside the curve of the skin, the ocean not separate from the animal but living through it. The piece became dense and layered, full of small creatures and forms woven into the dolphin's body, as if everything the sea holds were folded inside a single shape.
Dolphins have moved through human imagination as figures of joy, intelligence, and the kind of communication that happens beneath language. In Greek mythology they carried souls across the sea; in many coastal traditions they are protectors of sailors and swimmers; in Mesoamerican art they appear as creatures of the threshold between water and sky. They are among the few animals who seem to seek out human contact not out of need but out of curiosity — a quality that has made them, across cultures, figures of connection, play, and the deep intelligence of the body in motion.
Premium fine-art giclée print of an original illustration by Nayeli Lavanderos.
Printed on 200 gsm museum-grade matte paper and signed by the artist.
Edition: Open
Available Options:
– Unframed Fine Art Print — Size: 11 × 14 in (28 × 35.5 cm) total paper size, with an A4 artwork area centered within a white border — ideal for framing.
– Framed Black or White — presented in a premium box frame with Perspex glaze and a white mount (passe-partout), ready to hang. Size: 12 × 16 in (30 × 40 cm)
Free worldwide shipping is included with every order. Please allow 5–10 business days for delivery.
Each print is carefully packaged in a sturdy cardboard tube (or boxed within the EU) and wrapped in protective tissue paper.
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