MEGAN ASHMAN GALLERY
EXPERIENCE ART AS MAGIC
ORIGINAL MIXED-MEDIA ARTWORK
Undine
Megan Ashman
450
PUBLISHED
SIZE
16x12
MEDIUM
Mixed media on canvas
COLLECTION
Nature, Elements & Seasons, People & Portraits, Emotion & Themes, Psychedelic & Surreal, Abstract & Concepts
SUBCOLLECTION
Oceanic, Water, Portraits, Women, Mixed States, Mental Health, Hands & Eyes, Abstract
YEAR
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Carefully Packaged
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Certificate of Authenticity
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Direct Studio Support
ABOUT THE WORK
Artwork Description
A woman's face emerges from liquid cosmos—eyes closed or perhaps squeezed shut, hand pressed to head in gesture universal to migraine, overwhelm, or the moment consciousness fractures.
Her profile dissolves into swirling marble patterns of ice blue, steel gray, golden yellow, and deep charcoal.
Behind and around her, acrylic pour creates veining like cracked porcelain or neural pathways firing in distress.
A turquoise eye-like sphere floats nearby—omniscient witness or dissociated self watching from outside.
Scattered throughout the composition are collaged fragments suggesting the debris of a mind coming apart: architectural elements, organic forms, crystalline structures.
The woman's skin tone shifts from realistic flesh to metallic copper to pure abstraction, suggesting the way severe mental distress makes even your own body feel alien.
Pearl white highlights catch like tears or the cold sweat of panic attacks.
HOW IT WAS MADE
Materials & Process
mediums/materials: phosphorescent paints, found objects, paper, wax, photo collage, oxidative inks, distress paint and inks, acrylic pouring, digitally altered images, acrylic paint, watercolor, spray paint, walnut ink, staining mediums, tissue paper, mica powders, glitter, heavy gel medium, gesso, pebeo prism and fantasy paints, ceramic paint, stained glass paint, alcohol inks, iridescent inks, distress crayons, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, string, beads, jewelry, gems, chains, buttons, foils, newspaper, vinyl, plastic, walnut inks, india ink, colorshift paints and more!
THE ARTIST'S VOICE
Interpretation / Story
This visceral piece visualizes acute mental distress—panic attack, dissociative episode, bipolar mixed state, or the moment when coping mechanisms fail and the mind simply comes undone. The horizontal format suggests falling or lying down, the body's surrender when the mind can no longer function. The beauty of the pour technique creates troubling tension—this dissolution is gorgeous even as it represents suffering. The piece honors how mental illness feels: simultaneously too much sensation and complete numbness, hyperreal and utterly dissociated.
She held her head together while her thoughts became water, color, anything but coherent.
WHAT LIVES INSIDE
Hidden Images & Symbolic Elements
The hand-to-head gesture represents pain (physical or psychological), the attempt to hold yourself together, or the dissociative experience of your head feeling separate from your body. The eye-sphere symbolizes hypervigilance, the watching self, or the feeling of being observed even in private suffering. The marble pour patterns evoke brain scan imagery, the literal neural chaos of mental illness, or the beautiful-terrible aesthetics of breakdown. Collaged fragments represent fractured thoughts, intrusive memories, or the way reality becomes collage-like when consciousness destabilizes.
BEFORE YOU COLLECT
Framing & Shipping Notes
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ORIGINAL ARTWORK
This is the one-of-a-kind original, hand-created by Megan Ashman. No prints or reproductions are sold as originals.
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SHIPS CAREFULLY PACKAGED
Each work is packed with archival materials and shipped with care. Insurance and tracking are included with every order.
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FRAMING
This work ships unframed. Framing advice is available on request — we can suggest dimensions that suit the piece and your display context.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE PURCHASING
Collectors are warmly encouraged to contact the studio before purchasing. We welcome all questions about scale, display, and condition.
PRIVATE COLLECTOR SUPPORT
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Request additional images, ask about scale and display, or schedule a private studio visit.