4"x6"in watercolor drawing of two lovely gay mermen on arches watercolor paper. The development of this image has been influenced by the Japanese kuai cute pop culture style and western notions of mermaids and faeries.
I've been thinking a lot lately about the influence of environment on our perceptions of self and others. The visible and unseen effects of culture and a how a person's psychological development is guided by the familial, all seem to still be peculating since finishing my degree.
In the process of drawing, I seemed to be fighting a bit with the darker merman who's expression which came out more frightened and with a demur shyness than I had not expected. I like them and I was quite surprised by the end result. Clearly these two salty boys have colorful stories to tell my client in his dreams.
I'm currently practicing making smaller works. This miniaturization of my current work is being off set by being part of an
Creative journal and crafty shenanigans by Carolina Medina-Dupaix