I did the first acrylic layer with a technique called decalcomania. From Mary Wahr: "Decalcomania was originally a term that referred to transferring designs from specialty paper to pottery or glass. In artwork, decalcomania means transferring art material from one surface to another. When the surfaces are pulled apart a beautiful fractal pattern results. The process was invented by the Surrealists and has been reinvented by some contemporary artists." You can see a video of Peter Gric doing something similar to what I did here.

The patterns resembled coral to me so I chose an image from a photoshoot I had done with a dancer, Kaylie Bullock Null, about coral whereby we experimented with ways to allegorically suggest coral. I painted her in oil on top of the acrylic leaving a lot of transparent passages to reveal the texture. This is my love letter to coral.