Mermaid’s Retreat
Original Painting
Acrylic on canvas | 16 × 20 inches
 
Mermaid’s Retreat is an abstract, ocean-inspired painting that explores stillness, depth and the quiet pull of water. The work is rooted in a sense of retreat - a place of pause, refuge and gentle immersion.
 
Layered blues and aqua greens flow across the surface, shifting between turquoise, cobalt, ultramarine and softened grey. These tones move and merge like light through water, creating a sense of depth and calm rather than fixed form. Subtle hints of pink and touches of gold surface throughout the painting, catching the light and suggesting warmth, reflection and moments of quiet luminosity.
 
The textured surface echoes natural formations - coral, sea caves, submerged rock - while remaining open to interpretation. Rather than depicting a literal scene, the painting invites the viewer into an atmosphere: a place where time slows and the mind can rest.
 
Mermaid’s Retreat is a contemplative piece, created to hold space for reflection and calm. It offers a quiet connection to water and to the restorative rhythms of nature, without needing to define or explain them.
 
Details
Original acrylic painting on canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
No prints will be made
Signed by the artist
Certificate of authenticity included
Ready to hang or frame
 
Painted by Samantha Clift in her home studio.
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