"The Art Piece"

"A Masterpiece"

"Selkie by Dan Mills." Fine Art America. Fine Art America, 14 May 2007. Web. 06 May 2015. <http://fineartamerica.com/featured/selkie-dan-mills.html>.


This is a painting by Dan Mills gives the human mind a full image of how the selkie might look and where they are told to be found. First thing I see is a female taking off the skin of a seal. From this I immediately think that she is of course a selkie, showing both her true identity as a seal and her secret form as a human female. The skin may be partially on or off, to purposely show her two different form and just in case she hints off that she may want to be caught, knowing she could also easily slip away into the water. In the background I see a group of seals, probably hanging around, playing or probably just waiting on the female to put on her skin so that they may leave together. This image helps put a picture to local myths in Scotland about their location and possible appearances.