On the Waves II | Soft Blue Mermaid Coastal Art Canvas Wall Art Print

About On the Waves II

A mermaid lies across the width of the image, seen from behind and slightly above. Her long wavy hair is drawn in pale blue-grey with fine white outlines, falling over her shoulder, and her arms are folded beneath her. The tail curves to the right and rises into a broad forked fin, washed in muted teal and soft grey with lighter streaks running along its length. Small curled wave motifs in blue sit beside the tail and below the body, suggesting shallow water.

The background is a whitewashed timber plank effect, with horizontal join lines and a dry, faintly streaked white surface showing grain and patchy grey. Colour is kept to a narrow range of blue, teal and grey against that white, with sandy tan touches through the fin. The figure has a loose, washy quality, more suggestion than detail, and reads as a calm, gentle coastal piece rather than a bold graphic one.

Suits a coastal or beach house interior, a girl's bedroom or a nursery, and works above a white timber bedhead, a hallway console or a bathroom vanity. Pairs with whitewashed or rattan furniture, linen bedding in white and pale blue, shell or driftwood objects, and other soft blue and grey artworks. Browse more silver and grey art, canvas prints wall art decor pictures, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.