The truly fashionable mermaid this year will be wearing her delicate blue-green fish scales all the way up to her throat and let found detritus give full impact to her look. She will don a pair of treasure coin sunglasses, edged in paua shell and grace her ears with various forms of dead sea life which have been mounted with baroque and freshwater pearls. Topping off her outfit will be a hat also made of found objects, in this case a lovely grey and well-weathered length of rope with two simple pieces of matching paua shell, a perfect balance for the glasses.
Acrylic on paper and silk with pearls and paua shell. 14 x 19 cm.
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