Details : Metallic & mother of pearl accents bordering with opaque matte edges.
This painting actually began as a bit of an experiment, a collage made with my quick little sketchbook scribbles that I spontaneously put on paper. The design of a female figure with a Pisces headdress was not intentional. I call these happy accidents, when personalities come to life, as I play around with my sketches and ideas. The portrayed character depicts a pretty slightly naughty water nymph. Her metallic fish scale costume accompanied by the koi carp headdress symbolizes the vitality and playfulness of the underwater world.
As I designed her costume of metallic fish scales and mother of pearl beads, I imagined her being a mischievous mermaid who longed to dress her usually bare female form in stylish garments, as any human female would. While enjoying the excitement of dressing up and decorating herself with fabrics, ribbons and pearls, we see her as she catches her reflection in the quiet evening lake. As ripples appear in the water and blur her alluring reflection, she finds acceptance and appreciation for her own magical reality. Here she discovers that vanity of the human world was not meant for her. A dive into the deep followed, wearing nothing more than her natural graceful self.
