Mermaid Splashes

SPLASH!!!

"A Mermaid Weighs In"

by Bill Layne

found at muscleheaded.wordpress.com

There are mermaids splashin' in my pool -

Mermaid Mysterious World

by jewels654.deviantart.com

found at sohbanet.com

Siren of the Sea

by lewfoster.etsy.com

Check out Lew Foster's shop on etsy.

He is one of my favorite artists there!

'merman'

found on fanpop.com

I don't mind their mer-friends so much,

illustration by Mabel Atwell

for "Water Babies"

found on weheartit.com

enchanting water fairies

by Yuehui-tang.com

vintage photo

found on katiesredumbrella.blogspot.com

Crustacean Cafe, Mermaid Tea

found on matouenpleluche.etsy.com

mermaids performing at

the Sip 'n Dip Lounge Tiki Bar, Great Falls, Montana

found on www.thehairpin.com

Or even all the treasures they bring with them -

Mermaids of Atlantis

found on S-ries.fanpop.com

'pirate treasure'

unknown source

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vintage mermaids by Chierri, 

found on mermaidsisters.net

and I guess I don't mind all the 'stuff' they bring -

'a fisherman's secret'

by aloha_mermaid.deviantart.com

1947 Jantzen swimsuit ad

found on vintagegal.tumblr.com

Florida Road Map, given out my SHELL Co.

found on myraroberts.com

Kaira Andrade mermaid shoe advertisement

found on coloribus.com

It's all the non-mer friends that they bring along

that clutter up the pool....

vintage mermaids

found on jamboree-bay.blogspot.com

mermaid with sphere

found on karenamandahooper.blogspot.com

vintage tattoo art poster

found on popscreen.com

mermaid - sailor sternboard carving

by Jac and Patricia Johnson

www.skipjackmarinegallery.com

mermaid wallpaper found on fanpop.com

I mean seashells and rocks and things are ok,

but the mer-friends that are critters

are just too many!!!

Mermaid and Goldfish by Judith Stein

found on JudithSteinWatercolors.etsy.com

from an Art Nouveau Mermaid postcard

fabric block found on mermaidfabricblocks.blogspot.com

mermaid by Andrew Loomis, from the 1940-1950 era

found on oklahoma.net

The Little Mermaid by Disney

found on blogs.indiewire.com

...and some of them are sooooo big!

Metropolitan August magazine cover art

by Willy Pogany

found on artofnarrative.tumblr.com

Mer-horses with King Titan

possibly by Walter Crane

"Chasing the Wind"

by Don Maite

found on cosmicdolphins.wordpress.com

mermaid and walrus vintage illustration

found on thegraphicaddict.com

seahorse and mermaid

by Sue Halstenberg

...and now my pool seems like the

popular spot in the neighborhood,

and I don't have a full-time lifeguard on duty,

so you know what always happens...

Campari March advertisment

with Eva Longoria and admirers

found on coloribus.com

H. J. Ford illustration from the early 20th century

found on flickr.com

The Little Mermaid saving the prince

unknown source

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"The Little Mermaid"

found on freyjasig.deviantart.com

I think I may as well give up,

and just enjoy them while they're here!

by David Puu

found on clubofthewaves.com

May 15, 1926 Judge Magazine cover art

found on pinterest.tumblr.com

marked July 2013

found on wanderlustdrifted.com

1939 vintage photo

found on ffffound.com

SPLASH!!!

'til next time,

inkspired

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A Mermaid Tuesday

Welcome!

Mermaid ad

I have spent some time now going through my files marking which ones I have posted on my blog, which ones go where, etc.

I have many.

You'd suspect that I have a mermaid addiction.

You'd be right.

:0)

photo from The Little Mermaid, Broadway

So why do mermaids continue to fascinate us?

They have been in literature and paintings for centuries.

"Ulysses and the sirens" by Herbert James Draper, 1909

We have dolls, pincushions, wall decor and paper dolls..

the list goes on.

Ooooohhhhh, I think I'll explore that further!!!

a purple mermaid tail costume part

Laurel Burch Fabric pincushion, www.RoundRobinFabrics.etsy.com

http://www.sandisshellscapes.etsy.com/

a mermaid cake

a mermaid paper doll from Dover

Lately, it seems to me, there has been a big boom of mermaid sculptures and paper dolls and altered art mermaids for home decor.

That keeps me happy!

altered art in a box

I'm sorry, I don't know who the artist is.

http://www.artbydebora.etsy.com/

articulated paper doll with octopus

http://www.cordialcreatures.etsy.com/

altered mermaid art tag by www.pitchmom.etsy.com

I wonder if our fascination is spurred by our economy feelings.

Mermaids are fantasy.

Mermaids can do anything they want, even grow legs to walk on!

Mermaids are free to roam the seas at will.

That means no mortgage payement,

no housing allowance,

no taxes or fees,

or expensive repairs.

Kirchner's mermaid

'Neverland's mermaid lagoon' from Disney's Peter Pan

"Dreaming Mermaid"

from illustrated card stock

There have always been tales of mermaids and sirens of the sea.

Tired and/or drunk sailors spread the tales at every land bar they visited.

After all,

mermaids DO make a good story...

Dulac's painting of a mermaid and her prince

"The Catch" by Dorian Cleavenger

'The Rhine Maidens' by Arthur Rackham

This next painting is one of my all time favorites -

'A Fair Catch' by Norman Rockwell

I love the expression on the seaman's face,

and the rather enigmatic look the mermaid is giving.

Which brings up another point -

Mermaids are always beautiful (unless you're stuck in a Tim Burton movie).

Mermaids don't seem to age - ever seen a senior citizen mermaid?

You might find a beautiful baby mermaid,

but where's the teen angst and blemishes?

Yep, that's fantasy for you.

'Water Dress' by Gisele Bundchen

Mermaid painting by Isa Maria

Well, that's enough mermaid ruminating for me today!

I hope you have enjoyed my assortment of mermaid art!

"Mermaid D" Collage Art doll by inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

Lots of weather changes going on recently,

which means I usually have lots of migraines

which means I may not blog every day.

Sorry.

That's me' life!

:0)

inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/

"Sea Treasures" Collage Art doll by inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/