Gallery of the Sirens
'Sirens', showing work inspired by mermaids and the Sussex coast.
The Syrian goddess Atargatis dove into a lake to take the form of a fish, but the powers there would not allow her give up her great beauty, so only her bottom half became a fish and she kept her top half in human form...
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Dreaming Mermaid
Mermaid dreaming on a shingle beach under a full moon with an ocean full of fish and the white chalk cliffs of the Sussex coast as background.
Painting in acrylic with metal leaf & glitter on a box canvas.
61 x 61cm
Mermaid and Shell 1
Mermaid with a Shell on a shingle beach under a full moon with an ocean full of fish and the white chalk cliffs of the Sussex coast as background.
In watercolour and acrylic inks with silver metalic paint and a silver metal leaf moon on 140lb watercolour paper.
29.7 x 22.3cm approx
Mermaid
and Moongazing fish
Painting in acrylic with metal leaf & glitter on a box canvas.
61 x 61cm
Sea Priestess 1
In watercolour and acrylic inks with silver metalic paint and a silver metal leaf moon on 140lb watercolour paper.
21 x 27.9 cm
Mermackerel off the Seven Sisters (Sussex) with Belle Vue Lighthouse
Acrylic on box canvas
101 x 81cm
Painted for Red Hen's 2005 exhibition 'Making Waves' on the theme of the Sussex coast this is one of a series of paintings depicting mackerel - the local catch. This painting shows a mermaid swimming with a shoal of mackerel off the Sussex coast with the cliffs of the Seven Sisters Country Park in the background (between Brighton and Eastbourne) and the Bell Tue Lighthouse, just West of Beachy Head.
Shell collecting in the kelp forest
Painting in acrylic with tissue paper, embroidery threads & glitter on a deep edged box canvas.
91 x 91cm
Sea Priestess 2
Painting in acrylic with metal leaf & glitter on a box canvas.
61 x 61cm
