The Swan Pond Series explores themes of identity and transformation. Inspired by the fairy tale The Wild Swans and her own lived experiences in the UK, the figures she paints exist between human and animal, nature and culture—caught in a constant state of flux. This rhythm of metamorphosis reflects the artist’s acute sensitivity to boundary experiences.

 

LeeNa’s works are suffused with a sense of anticipation—of a story about to unfold. She captures the stillness and atmosphere of a moment before a narrative takes shape: just before a fruit falls, before a child turns back, before night fully sets in. This suspended moment is the temporal core of her creation. Between branches and glances, suppressed emotions and faint glimmers begin to slowly emerge.