Apparition takes again, 2009. 20" x 24". oil on canvas.
Shown in this oil painting is the depiction of a lost character lying on his back in a desert. With his last bit of strength he attempts to drink from his canteen; a single drop falls from it. But before the water reaches his outstretched tongue a mermaid ghost has a hand extended to catch it. Her uncaring gaze looks out to the left of the scene.
The man is shown with links to the earth, browns and tans used for the color, and although he has organic shapes the repetition lines on his body mimic the horizon. His legs are even hooked to the ridge of the dune he has strewn himself over. The female mermaid is aloof and floating in the picture plane. She is the same hues as the droplet and linked to water.
The layout is in a downward triangle to add to the depressed scene. It is meant to do the opposite of an upward triangle as shown in this Raphael painting.
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