Mermaid dreams

What inspires people ? What makes us get out of bed every morning to endure the monotony of work and repetitious commute ? For me , it is the faces of my three beautiful children. The wonderment and innocence in all they do ( for the most part ). With spring still looming off in the distance here in central Oregon , I had run out inspiration . When at last someone had given me a challenge.

I had been asking family members for months to provide me with some digital images of their kids.None responded. I showed some of my latest creations . Still .... no response.It was when I posted some photos on facebook that an old friend asked if I would create some art with her children.

I was thrilled by the photos she provided. The quality is poor , but the children display such inner magic , that I was instantly gathering supplies to start a new project. She had asked me to make a mermaid.I've never done a mermaid before , but after several days tinkering I came up with this....

Now , the background and feel of the piece was perfect , but with the way the child was dressed , I had a hart time making the tail believable. I used a golf fish , and her tank just wouldn't blend. She need more .... so I made a few adjustments to her hair , a hue adjustment to her tank and tail , and a small splash in the water (thanks to a suggestion by my husband) , and the final project came down to this ....

Thank You to Angie for providing thees pictures....