With this haunting adaptation, Ashly Lovett brings the darkest depths of the sea to life through her eerie prose and ethereal paintings, giving us a glimpse into the very soul of the Little Mermaid.
She and her husband live in Louisiana with their cat Skeletor..
She received her BA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design and has been published in Spectrum Fantasy Art Annual 22-27, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, etc.
She has done licensed work for Jim Henson Company, Adult Swim, Netflix, Sega, and more.
Inspired by folklore and mythology, she hopes to bewitch her viewers with a deep sense of wonder and dark nostalgia.
She began her career as an illustrator in 2015 and has since worked with clients and galleries across the world.
Ashly has been drawing since she was a child.
About author(s): Ashly Lovett is known for her ethereal and hauntingly beautiful chalk pastel work.
True to Andersen\'s original text, this retelling depicts the Little Mermaid as wilful and wistful, making her choice to pay for a chance at love with her voice at once understandable and heartbreaking.
Lovett\'s undersea world is unique and haunting, lit with bioluminescent colour-charcoals it sparks imagination with the amount of worldbuilding poured into the illustrations.
This timeless classic is revisited by the deft charcoal work of Ashly Lovett .
Scared, but determined, she begins her journey to find love and a soul.
The exchange to be human was high.
Naive and desperate, the Little Mermaid turns to the banished sea witch among the world pools.
After saving a human man during a sea storm, she soon desires his love and an eternal soul.
For humans have ever lasting souls and mermaids merely return to the ocean as sea foam upon their death. --Cory Godbey The Little Mermaid has always yearned for the strange and exciting life of the humans. -- BROM Ashly\'s haunting portraits feel like a pang of remembrance, the shudder which comes from recalling a forgotten memory at long last.
With this haunting adaptation, Ashly Lovett brings the darkest depths of the sea to life through her eerie prose and ethereal paintings, giving us a glimpse into the very soul of the Little Mermaid
