With Awe

With Awe

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"With Awe" is the title of my new mermaid. She was born from an idea a friend sent to me about the possibility of depicting a mermaid's fin in lace. She knows I love lace. That along with filigree, paisley and all patterns in general. I dwelt on the idea for quite awhile. Although her fins don't really resemble lace, the seed that was planted in my mind took on the form of an ornate tail fin. She isn't quite finished yet. Along with the metallic gold tail fin she will have other "sparklies" sewn to her and entwined in her hair before I'm done.

Most of my mermaids have a story behind them. Not all, but most do.  Some have verbage included in their composition. Verbage that relates to my intentions. Intentions that are on my mind as I'm scribbling away at building the darks and erasing the lights. Intentions that are meant to be read in her eyes. Through her eyes she connects with her natural surroundings. Surroundings that only she can interpret. How they affect her being. How they affect her sense of purpose. How they affect her soul. 

I have yet to decide if the verbiage on my mind will become part of her composition. My thoughts don't usually end up sounding like rhyming prose but for some reason they do this time..."As I look with awe at the world I see...I realize I'm as much a part of it as it's a part of me."