Stress Fix

We all need a little stress fix now and then, sitting on the bottom of a pond under pressure, negotiating the creepy crawlies. This painting was done from a doodle that I did during a conference that was very stressful, in fact the conference was actually on stress, as a scientific topic rather than a set of feelings. The painting is pretty much the drawing as it was composed and detailed in the preliminary work.

I have often tried to create the eerie glow of the bottom of a lake or ocean, in this case it ended up looking more like the bottom of the pond due to the green and yellow glow and idea that there was a strong sun over top. It was not intended to be an underwater painting at all but somehow the combination of the kelp, and the wavy sand at the bottom, and the fact that one of the creatures looks like a fish, all combined to give it an underwater appeal.

7 x 9.5 " (17.5 x 24 cm) watercolour, cold press, Dec. 2016