Sea Breeze

Title: Sea BreezeArtist: Dan Coe, 2025Medium: Mixed Media (Digital Print on Vinyl, Acrylic), 21.5” x 21.5” with handmade frame A lone mermaid floats in the luminous center of the composition, poised in quiet equilibrium while chaos coils around her. Concentric rings of movement radiate outward, formed entirely by the entangled limbs of a giant squid locked in eternal combat with a sperm whale. Their forms spiral inwards, not just in physical struggle but as a visual metaphor for opposing forces—depth and breath, shadow and light, instinct and will. The mermaid at the core serves as a symbol of serenity amidst turmoil, perhaps the soul or the subconscious self, suspended between titanic energies. Her stillness contrasts with the explosive violence of the creatures around her, suggesting a meditative calm at the eye of the storm. Sea Breeze becomes a mythic meditation on inner balance, where monstrous conflict surrounds—but does not consume—the figure at the center.