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This acrylic painting has many layers, and evolved over time. Inspirations are my love of childhood faery tales. One of my favourite stories was the classic tale of the Little mermaid. This is the grown up fantasy of the mermaid. She was born of my love of colour and imagination. I love to play and experiment while listening to music. I never know what emerges, as I apply paint using a variety of brushes, palette knives and even apply paint with fingers. Many happy accidents and mistakes also add to the magic of what eventually emerges from the canvas. The original painting is still available for sale.

German born, but Canadian by nationality, Karin Zeller has been a resident of Melbourne, Australia since 1993. She is self taught artist, but has attended many courses , workshops and classes over the years. Starting out in 1990, creating custom pencil portraits, she honed her skills in realistic portraiture. However, Karin always had a love of colour, and became interested in watercolour. Not long after, and still a relative beginner, she was asked to teach a beginners watercolour class with the local Art Society, where she was a member. This was the beginning for her teaching art classes and workshops. Karin attended a weekly life drawing and painting classes for many years. She has dabbled in all mediums, but prefers...