"Fantastic Journey II - Mermaid" is the second panel in a triptych. My daughter, Jeannie, posed for me with her arms outstretched and I shot her from above. She became the face of the mermaid.  Fantastic Journey is a more imaginary scene of the ocean than I've done before.  Yet it combines many of the elements I have focused on in the past.  This time the mermaid splits the bait ball.  This painting was completed in the summer of 2011.