"The Lake Serpent"

I paint monsters into thrift store landscapes. This is pretty much the first one I did, which was around 12 years ago. I found the original painting at a yard sale for two dollars. I had been buying cheap paintings on canvas to gesso out and paint over, but this one felt almost finished except for the open water in the foreground. I painted the sea serpent into it, and have been running with this concept ever since.