Finderskeepers
Artwork details: acrylic paint, 20 x 20 inches (51 x 51 cm), 2003.
This painting was designed to be hung any way up, and it's in a circular frame with three different strings on the back, just for that purpose. Scroll down below the main picture to see a few close-up sections.
The picture gets its title because the mermaids (who have no thought for the human tragedy of shipwrecks) have spotted a long-sunk galleon and are playing with the pretty things that they have found. One of them has found a skull, which she finds highly amusing - not thinking of it as a dead person, merely as an amusing item that looks like a face. Mermaids are not bright, neither do they care about people, but they do like pretty, sparkly things
'Finderskeepers' - detail of mermaid with coins.
'Finderskeepers' - mermaid with a skull - detail.
'Finderskeepers' - detail of mermaid with jewels.
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