“Hercules Lifts the Skin of the Sea and Stops Venus for an Instant from Waking Love ~ Salvador Dali, 1963 via

Triton carrying Theseus, who, according to some versions of the myth, is his son, and according other version, his male “beloved”. Terracotta relief, ca. 470–460 BC. From Milo.  via

Fishblood ~ Gustav Klimt. Original destroyed. 1898. Pen and ink.

From “Ver Sacrum” No. 3.  via

Lorilee ~ Alberto Vargas (1896-1982)(c.1921)  via

Les sirènes visitées par les muses, Huile sur toile ~ Adolphe Lalyre (1848-1933)  via

Naïade et dauphin dans la vague (Naiade & dauphin) ~ Adolphe Lalyre (1848-1933)  via

Untitled ~ JERRY UELSMANN (American, b. 1934) , 1986

mermaid ~ Jim Warren (born November 24, 1949) via

Waves ~ Adolphe LaLyre (1848 -1933)  via

Siren ~ Adolphe LaLyre (1848 -1933)  via

Bathers in the sea ~ Stasys Usinskas (1905-1974) via

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As ~ The ~ Petals - Talcum Powder ad c. 1920’s.  via