Mermaid Tears Under a Microscope, 2025, acrylic and holofoil on paper, 12 x 12 in. / 30.48 x 30.48 cm. abstract seeming to breach the confines

seeming to breach the confines of its medium and enter into the viewer's realm

This painting combines a river with banks full of foliage

The Invaders

which lead to disunity and hostility not only among strangers

Mermaid Tears Under a Microscope, 2025, acrylic and holofoil on paper, 12 x 12 in. / 30.48 x 30.48 cm. abstract seeming to breach the confinesMermaid Tears Under a Microscope, Michael Waddell, 2025, acrylic and holofoil on paper, 12 x 12 in. 30. 48 x 30. 48 cm. These are mermaid tears under a microscope. The blue contrast captures the various microorganisms that inhabit a mermaid's tears, as well as the holographic aether that is the source of a mermaid's magical siren powers.