Zirconia

Zirconia is the newest mermaid in my vintage mermaids series. She's the first addition to this series in about 10 yrs. I started this mermaid series as a very young artist.
She a fantastical mermaid who may look harmless, but speaks about our worlds global warming issues.
She reflects the glamor, self indulgence and self interest of the western world, as she sits on her iceberg as it melts into the sea, holding a freshly harvested narwhal horn, and drapes herself with a life like polar bear fur familiar beside an oil slicked sea.

This piece was an adventure to create, i created my own support form 1 x 2 boards and Masonite. It is coated with layers of art spectrum sanded ground and many different brands of pastels were used in making the piece. I work primarily as a freelance digital fantasy artist, graphic designer and illustrator, but i just love to use pastels in my personal work!

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