She Dreams of the Sea

Art Every Day Month, Day 22

 

Some mermaids can sleep and dream under the sea . . .

 

I've been painting mostly intuitively this month.

So I'm surprised that the first mermaid didn't show up until day 22.

Has anything surprised you lately?

Pink Cottages and Happy Mermaid Days!

Up until four years ago I lived my whole life near the Ocean.

These past four years I've been a landlocked mermaid.

But it's only made me appreciate the Ocean even more.

Although I've been missing her so much.

Well I finally got to visit her.

A while ago I painted this watercolor of a pink beach cottage

and ever since

I've had a wish to stay in a pink beach cottage.

Well I got my wish last week!

I discovered the charming seaside town of Tybee Island in Georgia.

And would you believe I found a place called mermaid cottages!

They have the most adorable little pink beach cottage.

My sweet husband and I stayed here for five days.

It was heavenly.

Old friends came to visit . . .

We laughed,  flew a kite and walked on the beach.

I became renewed, a happy mermaid once again!

Daydreamer

 
 

She loves daydreaming,

the sun, brushing her hair

and searching for pearls . . .

The daydreamers of the world

have never been cherished the way they should.

The daydreamers are called unrealistic,

living in a fantasy world, impractical, silly.

But the daydreamers are the ones

 who are dreaming a beautiful world into existence.

So if you are a daydreamer, be proud.

The world needs you.

 

Are you a daydreamer?

Luna

She loves her mermaid life . . . 

 

do you love your life?

Tea with a Friend

 
 
An unlikely couple share tea, a fairy mermaid and a mouse.

 

Prints now available:

HERE

 

Sea Goddess

 

 

I've been in a mixed media mood lately.

 I created this piece with lots of layers.

First I painted some abstract paintings,

then cut them in strips and bits and pieces

and made a layer of them.

Then I painted a layer of gouache on top.

Then added a little molding paste.

I made several layers like this.

The final layer was the Sea Goddess.

She said she would rather be called a Sea Goddess than a mermaid.

I don't argue with my paint characters!

I also made my previous piece  The Edge of a Dream

the same way with the same layering technique.

I've added prints of both pieces to my Gallery

Thanks for visiting!

Summer Dreams

 
 
 

I painted another one of my dreaming mermaids.

This one was inspired by Orange for The Summer Of Color

I hope you're enjoying a colorful Summer!

 

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My Mermaid Nature

 

Some people might think it's silly that I call myself a mermaid. But I feel that my spirit, heart and nature are truly connected to the Sea. I feel at peace when I am on the beach, looking at the Ocean, daydreaming and talking to her. I always felt the Ocean was a second mother. Some of my happiest memories are at the Ocean. The mermaid part of me is the part that never loses her joy, her enthusiasm, her belief in magic and miracles. She's the part of me that believes anything is possible. She's the part of me that believes there is so much to be grateful for, so much beauty all around and so much to look forward to.

So that's why I call myself a mermaid.

Mermaid in the Sun

 

 

I'm really glad I'm playing along with The Summer of Color

It's helped me to explore colors that I usually don't use.

This painting is inspired by the color brown.

 
The Pink Mermaid

 Fairies remind us to enjoy the small beautiful joys in life

and mermaids are fairies of the ocean.