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Monday March 26th 2012, 9:09 pm

Awkward looking stroked textures. Done in impure tones, sort of an icky green is applied, and a very midnight blue on the garments. Slightly pale pinkish tones for the wall, and very blah earth tones depicting the floor. There are pops of haphazard purplish reds indicating roses. Dirty pinks and greens for a potted plant that seems to bloom carnations. To one side in the upper right corner there is a blocky abstract shape done in a more primary blue and bright red. We’ve stared at that corner for years now, still unable to decipher it. There is an oddly stiff mermaid, no water in sight of her. Her face is a bit pudgy but long, with very level eyes. Her expression blank but not necessarily lifeless, lips crimson red, as she sits propped up on the very bland floor next to the potted plant, her attire the murkiest of color that seems to blend right into the broad flat tail of her aquatic slightly chubby lower body. She also has what appears to be a pulled back wedding veil in off whites, ringed by those purplish red roses. She holds a drab bouquet of white and yellow flowers in one hand, but not held up with pride, but rather sort of depressingly flat against her lap. It all seems to evoke a vague Mediterranean cultural feeling for some reason, Spanish, or maybe more westerly, Mexican. Quite crudely applied, but yet somehow engrossing, captivating and charming at the same time. This, along with the slightly surreal aspect, draws in perplexity, so wanting to know the story behind it. It was a secondhand purchase acquired quite some time ago, for its intriguing haunting quality. Not knowing a thing about it, but pulled into it just the same. Its quite at home here in our eclectic little house.

A Strange Mermaid Painting From Another World
March 26th 2012

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