Today’s featured art is Koi Mermaid by Jill Johansen
I’ve seen koi fishponds … they are lovely and peaceful … if I were a mermaid .. that is where I would want to go swim with friends.
Making the mermaid a koi … marvelous concept … beautifully drawn and painted … exceptional quality … it would be perfect in any room in any home or office … no nudity but the proportions are perfect and it is a very sensuous painting … look at the S curve … I love movement in paintings!
The cool blues in this restful and peaceful painting are not dull but clear and focused … the color harmony is perfect and every inch is balanced and yet quietly energetic and forceful. I like the soft moon focus providing soft light and interest … I do not know what the oriental characters say but I like the shapes and placement of where they are. This lovely portrait is not a fish tail mermaid … yet she is of the water and to me, mermaids are all about water so I have chosen to put her in the mermaid category. Blue is a cool color and gives a lot of depth in this painting … water … mist … the pink ribbon sash, trimmings and greens are very striking in their quiet being and rounds out the circular motion for me to keep me moving around and through the scene.
The Spirit of the Lake by Emma Salamanca
