Commission a Siren Portrait in Watercolour!
"Painting in watercolour is intense. There's a wild looseness, a surrender that sets the scene for some unique and very beautiful pieces." — Dee Smart
Commission a Siren Portrait in Watercolour
Rooted in ancient mythology and steeped in the imagery of Homer's Odyssey, the Siren has long occupied a powerful place in the human imagination — a figure both feared and revered, sensual and alluring, whose call compels us to look deeper than the surface.
Dee Smart's Siren series is a thoughtful and quietly defiant reimagining of some of history's most iconic women. Frida Kahlo, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Audre Lorde and Bell Hooks — each rendered not as passive symbols of beauty or desire, but as complex, resilient beings whose untold stories demand to be witnessed. Beckoning us to heed the call of the Siren and to look past their extraneous beauty, Smart invites us to seek out what lies beneath — the struggles carried in silence, the obstacles overcome, the enduring power that history so often failed to name.
This is portraiture as an act of reclamation.
Now, you can enter that lineage.
A Siren portrait places you within this tradition — not as an object to be admired, but as a sovereign figure in your own right. Painted in luminous watercolour on exquisite Arches paper, each commission is an intimate act of witness — honouring your story, your strength, and the particular mythology of your life.
"I never tire of working in watercolour on paper — beautiful, expensive paper!" — Dee Smart
Commission a Siren Portrait
A Siren Portrait by Dee Smart is a significant and lasting work — painted in oil or acrylic, in any of the styles that define her practice. Portraits, Sirens, marine, landscape or something entirely personal to you. Large or intimate. Figurative or abstracted. The Siren Portrait is where Dee's most ambitious and expansive work lives.
To begin, get in touch via the contact form below.