Leda's Lover

Fumi Mini Nakamura

Before abandoning our wild swan ride, I wanted to pay

a little homage to one of art's most explored and exploited mythical themes.  

The erotic and aesthetic potential of this tale of passion between gods and mortals, 

animal and human forms has inspired countless artists throughout history,

and has not yet lost its power of attraction. 

Anatoly Arapov, 1905

 Karen Knorr, The Purple Room (Leda)

  Emanuel Schongut, 1980

 Michael Parkes, Winter, thanks to Dark Silence in Suburbia

 Nicoletta Ceccoli

Colette Calascione 

 Flor Garduño

 Jerzy Flisak, The story of sin, 1975

Sidney Nolan, 1960

Philippe Lemaire

Indeed, swan lore and symbolism is a very rich and fascinating

subject, worthy of deeper and wider explorations. 

The nice post on Magpie and whiskeyjack is a good place to start... 

Catrin Welz-Stein, The second look

Ladies of the Sea

Catrin Welz-Stein aka Catrin Arno

Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Marine Fantasy with Tamara Toumanova), early 1940s

Erté, Water, from The Four Elements

Margo Selski, The Mermaid

Sara Antoinette Martin, Lady of the Sea

Ray Caesar, Mermaid

Colette Calascione, Swimmer and Lorelei

Meet more strange and alluring woman-animal hybrids

in previous posts about catwomen, spidergirls and ladybirds.

And for those who want to participate in our first Giveaway,

remember to leave a comment here before Sunday!

Hello Pussycat

Janusz Bruchnalski, Les Felins, 1968

This summer when I'm not travelling I'd like to continue the series of posts ("Females on Friday", maybe?) 

dedicated to female animas/animals, recently started with The Ladybirds Parade and Kiss of the Spider Woman. 

During these hot summer nights, I feel that old/young feminine energy rising up all over the place...

Do you too? If you feel you have some interesting pictures to contribute, send me an email! 

Bogdan Zwir, Crazy Cat  

Yutaka Murakami ad illustration, 1984

Be they cat women or tiger girls, I love how these heavenly creatures 

dance and prance, lay and play, lovely, powerful and tempting,

their eyes mysterious, their limbs agile and sinuous 

Erté, Letter L

De Moore, Tigra cigarettes, 1950,  thanks to Vintage Poster

Fay Ku, Tigergirls 3

Nicoletta Ceccoli, Hide and Seek

Michael Gillette

Lizzi Charlotte Hosaeus, Cat Woman, 1930

thanks to the Tumblr Dark Silence in Suburbia

Colette Calascione, Cat Mask

Claude Verlinde, Dans le tiroir

The Ladybirds Parade

Nicoletta Ceccoli, Angelica

Our insistent visions fly

where the human and the animal collide

Boris Bucan, The Firebird and Petruska, 1983

Gunther Kieser, Ballet Woche, 1984

Raquel Aparicio, illustration from Russian Fairy Tales

Lila de Nobili, French Vogue cover from Graphis 19, 1947

thanks to Sandiv999's fantastic vintage collection on flickr

Dorothea Tanning, costume design for Bayou, 1951

Marco Wagner

Kate Edith Gough, late 1870s photocollage

Sergei Solomko, thanks to Peacock's Garden

Emanuel Schongut, cover for Push Pin Graphic

Alberto Savinio, La fidele epouse, 1930-31

thanks to A Journey Round my Skull

Bogdan Zwir, Silence

Colette Calascione, Bird Girl

Mireia Pérez

Jan Lenica, The Visit movie poster, 1965