Deep beneath the waves, an ethereal-looking young mermaid with fiery hair and captivating watery blue eyes, beckons. Her gaze is penetrating but also soft, calm and full of mystery. She is surrounded by aquatic life, shimmery fish, turtle, barnacles. She may look human but her very existence is deeply intertwined with the sea. She is the sea. Mermaids are a symbol of beauty, grace, and the allure of the ocean’s depths, where they are said to guard ancient secrets and treasures hidden in the deep. According to lore, there is also a dark and dangerous side to them. Whether the protagonist of this painting has darkness in her is left to the viewer’s conclusion.