"Reed Dragon, the Protector"

" Reed Dragon, the Protector" is acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20". The painting on top is the beginning as painted on location. At home I wished to abstract from the painting and my memories. A friend thought the reeds looked like a spiked finned fish. Sometimes dragons take the form of carp but I felt how protective the reeds were to the nesting birds and how the reeds provided shade to the fish. At home the fish became more dragon-like.