Friday, July 20, 2007

Mermaids and Poems!




For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on this painting for my friend, Meg. She requested a mermaid painting back in March, and I've just now gotten around to it. The mermaids are playing hide and seek, and I have a sneaking suspicion that one of those little fish is going to give the mermaid in the foreground away - I just know it. I may tweak a little more here and there, but I think its mostly finished... I think...

Anyway, in order to make it fit into this week's Illustration Friday, I found a poem to go along with it:
Mermaid

by Walter de la Mare

Leagues, leagues over the sea I sail
Couched on a wallowing dolphin's tail.

The sky is on fire, the waves a-sheen,
I dabble my foot in the billows green.

In a sea-weed hat on the rocks I sit,
where tern and sea-mew glide and beat,
and where dark shadows the cormorants meet.

In caverns cool when the tide's a wash,
I sound my conch to the watery splash.

From out their grottos at evenings beam,
the mermaids swim with locks agleam.

Happy Friday!

31 comments:

Tina Poe said...

Ever since I was very young, I have always wanted to be a mermaid. Your painting brings up all those memories of youth. Beautiful.

tracey morgan said...

i love your work every time you go on illustration friday i look for your work

Nancy Bea Miller said...

How wonderful! Your style is so sure and elegant. The concept reminds me of when I was a child and for a while had an obsession with drawing elaborately detailed underwater worlds peopled mainly by mergirls.

Anonymous said...

These paintings are beautiful!! I hope you don't mind if I link to your site here. This is one to visit regularly for sure.

Keep em' rolling!!

-Craig

Anonymous said...

Excellent. I love the movement of lines and color quality.

zime said...

Ohh this's beautifull, I love your style!!

Traci Bixby said...

Your characters and colors are fantastic! This is a beautiful piece. Lucky friend!

thefridayfrog said...

awwww...i am SUCH a fan of your work, brittney. as are many. just a beautiful piece. love the layering thru...the seaweed, the composition. :0)

Eli said...

Stunning!

Tarik said...

that's so cool.
really really strong stuff.

Evan Bonifacio said...

Inspired! Elegantly beautiful, with just the right mood in every piece. Bookmarked!

-Evan

Melanie Margaret said...

Wonderful colors and lines!

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Anonymous said...

Wow. Your Mermaids are awesome. Everything is amazing, the lighting, the shapes, the swirling tails. So very cool.

Anonymous said...

How poetic!:-)

Justin Ridge said...

Your paintings are great! I love the colors and energy in your designs. Very nice!

Liz Jones said...

This is adorable!

Bill Robinson said...

Pretty!

Loni Edwards said...

What a great picture for your friend! You really have an elegant and classy style. Great Illo!

Megan said...

Love the mermaids! Great style!

Unknown said...

I think every girl wants to be a mermaid...anyway I love this picture! :)

Jess von I said...

Wow, wow! Amazing work :D I looked through your other works and I am hooked... yer goin' on my favorites list. Truely a treat for the eyes.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful painting! Really liking the colours, shapes and composition, great work :)

Nathan Lindsay said...

this is really beautiful. the layout and colors are great.

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