She's into bad boys

So one day, one of my students is looking at my prints and she says "Ms. Jowers, why don't you have any black mermaids!?"  I said, "I don't know! I never thought about it."  I then asked her to be still and I drew this beautiful mermaid from her face.  She really is in to bad boys!  Here you go! Thanks! Ebony!  She loved it!  So do I!  I love the boats in the background and her hair! gorgeous!  This print has everything going for it!  It is so hard to carve faces and hands.

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