Orca's Journey by Katie Croonenberghs

Title:	Orca's Journey
Date Created:	July 2019
Copyright:	© Katie Croonenberghs
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Watercolor, Gouache
Views:	213
Posted:	12/5/2019

Projects: Every Day Original main roster artist (2021-present) 2022 Oracle card &ldquo Crystals&rdquo for &ldquo 78 Tarot Magical - Tarot Deck & Companion Oracle&rdquo 2021 Tarot Card &ldquo Green Anole Page of Swords&rdquo for the popular &ldquo 78 Tarot Animal Limited Edition Tarot Deck&rdquo Tiny Dragons and Not So Tiny Dragons (2018) Self Published 6 art/sketchbooks (between 2008-2016) Self published paperback art book " Dragonbrushed" 2017 Multiple successful dragon based original art pin Kickstarters (2018, 2019, 2020) Monsters and Dames art charity book by ECCC (2016)

Location: Seattle

I like to come up with little story snippets to accompany my paintings. "She was the only one she knew of that looked like her. Even when she was small, she couldn't remember ever seeing another like her, but she was never alone. She was surrounded by family, a pod who raised her and protected her. She never knew her real name, at least not until she heard it spoken to her one day - not in the tongue of her pod, but in the tongue of man. One cold afternoon the mermaid was swimming with her family. They were chasing some fish and having fun when she swam up top to splash as the others breached the water's surface. "ORCA!" She heard a voice in the distance. "ORCA! OVER THERE!" the voice came again, and there were others this time, repeating the same word. They must be shouting at her, perhaps? Were they calling to her? Orca. Was that her name then, for them to be calling that way. Yes. That must be true, her name was Orca."