Mermaids Anyone?

Secret at the Seashore (SOLD)

Although summer has gone and the fall has arrived, Mermaids are still frolicking on our shores and searching for treasures in the sea.
These Mermaids can be found on display and for sale in the Gallery Shop at the
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design at 322 Charlotte St., in Sydney.
(They are keeping Alice and the Mad Hatter company there, along with a few other characters I have created.)
The Lady Mermaids are 8"X8", and the MerKinder are 6"X 6". They are all mixed media on board, and all have a piece or two of sea glass found here on Cape Breton to adorn them.

Do drop in to see them and all the beautiful art and craft made by Cape Breton Artisans at the Centre!

Secret at the Seashore(SOLD)

An Unusual Fish (SOLD)

Secret at the Seashore(SOLD)

And don't forget...if there is someone special you'd like to surprise this Holiday season, I do commissions as well. Just email me!

An Unusual Fish

This wee mermaid (SOLD) has found a treasure. A beautiful green gem! The perfect thing to wear to have her portrait painted. Mermaids  love to adorn themselves as we do. This little mixed media painting embellished with a nugget of seaglass will be available for sale at the PEI Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival in July.

Mermaid Treasure #2

Ah...Mermaid #2 ( mixed media on cradled board 6"X 6") (SOLD) has been given a tail and a new tiara, adorned with a small turquoise gem, a little piece of sea glass found by me on a Cape Breton beach. She looks pretty happy in her coral garden.

Tea Card/Mermaid Transformation #2

Time to make another Mermaid to accompany this next little tea card vignette. This lady will undergo the addition of a tail, in place of her legs...and it won't hurt a bit. I promise. This Mermaid will also come with me to the Mermaid Tears Seaglass Festival this summer in PEI. Once complete, she will have an underwater garden and a tiara adorned with a precious piece of seaglass. Stay tuned.

Mermaid Treasure

This Mermaid (SOLD) just loves a good find! She's happened upon some lovely treasure while beachcombing!

So I've given our lovely lady from the previous post, a tail, textured by an old lace doilie, a treasure chest, and jewellry embellished with wee seaglass gems that I've collected on our Cape Breton beaches. I think that the little tea card was paramount in setting the scene in which our Mermaid sits.

Little treasures and Mermaids

Remember when boxes of tea would contain little treasures buried inside among the tea bags? I have fond memories of my Grandmother saving all the little porcelain figurines that were give-aways and later, the wee little cards that depicted wildlife, and wee vignettes. You could even send away for albums that were made especially for these little cards.   I loved all those little treasures and today, whenever I stumble upon these things in junk and collectibles shops, I can't resist! I had no idea what I would do with them, but when I wanted to do small mermaid paintings that included tiny bits of sea glass, I knew that the little cards I had in my collection would work perfectly. So...stay tuned for the finished painting. It will be one in a series that will be on display and for sale at this year's Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival in Prince Edward Island.