Mermaid and Merchild with Ring of Fish

Date:: 2025
Medium:: 2025 Unique, drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Image courtesy of: Artsy

Description

A mermaid with long flowing hair sits at center, cradling and nursing a merchild against her chest, her scaled tail curving beneath her; to the right, four fish arc in a loop or "ring" formation. The print is worked in blue-grey line on cream Japanese paper, with a scalloped cloud-like band across the top and a repeating scale or net pattern filling the lower register below the water line. Framed in a light wood frame with wide white matting; the image itself is a single print combining drypoint and relief techniques, per the medium note.