Mermaid, (ref: 1007), oil pastel by Jelila, 8" circumference approx, oil pastel on paper.

The artist explains: 'This small circular pastel, Mermaid, is about the part of myself that loves the ocean, telling stories, music. She is the mythical siren who sallies forth on the sea!'

Jelila's expressionist paintings capture the feeling of the moments in her life, as well as telling some of their story with the symbolic shapes and objects included in the painting.
Loosely painted and free, symbolic and ith an advanced sense of colour and shape, Jelila's artistic influences include Picasso and Modigliani.