Friday, May 20, 2011

Inspirational Illustrations: Mesmerizing Mermaids

This week's post is dedicated to Michael May and his mad love of these nautical nymphs.

There were a lot of options to choose from for this post since illustrations of kelpies, water women, sirens and such seem to be a popular subject. For simplicity sake, I'm just including mermaids with the classic fish tail physique.

Norman Rockwell



Andrew Loomis



Howard Pyle






Plus one token Merman by Edmund Dulac



Fred Appleyard







John Collier


J.C. Leyendecker






Octavio Ocampo


Arthur Wardle


John William Waterhouse


Warwick Goble


Robert McGinnis


James Gurney

Next Week:

Wednesday: Admirable Artists: Howard Pyle

Saturday: Inspirational Illustrations: Observers and Other Onlookers

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