Cicada Fish, 2022, mixed media, 16 x 27 in. / 40.64 x 68.68 cm.

Cicada Fish, Trish Mitchell, 2022, mixed media, 16 x 27 in. / 40.64 x 68.68 cm.

I applied ink and acrylic paint to photographic paper to achieve desired textures. The fish was cut from an archival print. The Cicada wings were collected in Wash DC's Cicada brook "explosion" and applied with gel gloss medium.