This painting is inspired by the Nightwish song of the same name, from their Imaginaerum album. Many thanks to German model La Esmeralda for allowing me to make use of her fabulous original source material. I've adapted the original photo of her in mermaid garb by creating a sunset backdrop over the sea, as well as some modifications on her outfit to naturalise the mermaid look. This painting took a long time - there was a wealth of detail to work into the piece, and even now I can see plenty of detail still to be played with! But one has to call a halt at some point... La Esmeralda remarked: "wow! this is amazing! I really love it, keep up this wonderful work!" 16" x 20" , Acrylic on block canvas, 2012
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Niina Niskanen 19 May 2013
Beautiful work! You are very talented with acrylics I loose my nerves with them sometimes. Shadows and lights are very natural and the tail has glimmering shine.