Blue Mountain (Blafell) is located in southwest Iceland and is believed to be the home of trolls who come down every so often to torment the humans. Even though this piece has nothing to do with the latter I wanted to incorporate some of the mythical aura that the mountain possesses. I took the below photograph in September, 2006 and thought it would be the perfect background for my ‘whale’ creature.

Blue Mountain (Blafell), Iceland

These are various stages of the composite process:

composite concepts

Stay tuned for the final piece very soon!