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| month, 1999: oil on canvas; 18" x 24" |
Okay, I admit it.Ê I really wanted to paint a mermaid.Ê But, I also wanted to paint giant jellyfish, a dragon, and anything else that would fit underwater.Ê So I found a way to lay out a scene with jellyfish, a dragon, and a mermaid.Ê I can't think of any message to convey.Ê Heck, I just think the mermaid looks cool.Ê But the dragon makes for a neat title.
The technical problem painting a submarine view, is the way seawater absorbs the sunlight.Ê Once you get below 20 or 30 feet, everything turns a really drab shade of bluish-grey.Ê I really muted the colors here, especially on the jellyfish, which tend to be kind of drab anyway.Ê This made the mermaid more visible, since she's just a bit more colorful.Ê The ocean surface is the brightest thing in the painting, especially in terms of color.Ê But that's the way it is under water.
Last updated on Friday, December 21, 2001