Painting by Carol Williamson
portraits
Our Little Mermaid—and Copenhagen’s
Oil on canvas, 2019
20 x 20 inches
I snapped the photo on a sunny, hot day and was immediately struck by the similarity of my granddaughter’s pose with that of the sculpture in Copenhagen. I decided to convey that with a trompe-l’oeil addition. I painted the photo that appears to be taped next to her.