Opheliane, acrylic on museum-quality paper by Lena Snow, 35x59,5cm, signed on the back of the artwork. A water nymph embodying quiet resistance and melancholy.
Opheliane (unframed)
Original artwork, acrylic on museum-quality-paper, 35x59,5cm
“Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia...” — Hamlet, Act IV, Scene VII
Opheliane is a water nymph born from silence and survival — a spirit of the deep who chose to sink rather than be broken. Her myth is not one of weakness, but of quiet resistance: in the stillness of the water, she found a sanctuary the world above could not offer. Her body dissolved into ripples, her memory into mist.
Inspired by echoes of Ophelia’s sorrow and ancient tales of transformation, Opheliane carries with her the weight of unspoken grief and the strength of self-preservation. Her presence lingers like water on skin — soft, melancholy, eternal. In her, beauty and pain are inseparable, flowing together in the timeless rhythm of the current.
She invites you to pause, to look deeper — and to remember what it means to disappear without losing yourself.
The artwork is also accompanied by a poem:
Drowning
Look where violence has brought me?
Now I am floating in the deep sea.Not even afraid of the dark,
For cruelty of men has left its mark.The deep waters are a relief of pain,
As if my tears are a soft bed of collected rain.Carrying me along the way,
For I might end up dissolved on a quiet bay.The screams of violence have become still,
As I surrender myself to the water’s will.No hope is left for them to be friendly,
For the waters now embrace me gently.A final glimpse into the sky,
Before I close my eyes.Freedom and peace I’ve finally found,
Never returning to their violent sound.I dissolve in nature’s embrace,
And I leave this life with grace.by Lena Snow
