A giant among seals.
By the appearance of this skull you could never guess that during its life this seal had an elephantine trunk that drooped down below its muzzle.
Pencil on paper.
natural history
Cave Bear Skull
in drawings
Cave Bear Skull
Graphite and Pastel
New Painting - Saiga Antelope
Saiga Antelope for Jaimie
A strange and wonderful animal for my lady.
16” X 11”
Acrylic on Panel
detail
progress
New Painting - Sand Shrimp
These creeps have been burrowing through mud flats since the supercontinent Pangea began breaking apart, and the first flowers bloomed. I can find living ones and fossilized ones within 20 miles of each other.
Mud, or sand shrimps are widely regarded as a supurb fishing bait for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon. A nightmare to keep on a hook, use an egg loop, Miracle Thread or a similar elastic thread.
My reference specimens were dug near Seaside, Oregon, taken home and photographed.
9” X 14” Acrylic on Panel
Detail
Above: A Freshly dug, live shrimp, I pumped fresh from a mudflat.
Opposite: Claw parts; carpus, propodus, fixed finger and dactylus of a fossilized shrimp I found along the Columbia River.
Shrimp anatomy and natural history reference - https://depositsmag.com/2017/07/04/the-abundant-yet-understudied-fossil-record-of-ghost-shrimps/
Yellowfin Tuna Paint Sketches
in drawings
Frilled Shark Painting Available for Sale
Frilled Shark
The most ancient of all the sharks, the Frilled Sharks closest relatives died out 12 - 30 million years ago.
Acrylic on wood panel
Artwork measures 30" X 11 7/8"
Framed in a modern custom made Walnut wooden frame. The approximate framed outside dimensions are as follows, 31" X 12 7/8" X 1 1/4", with a wire hanger ready for display.
