28×22 watercolor; 34.5 x 38.5 framed The Leafy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus eques, is a relative of the Seahorse, as you might suspect. This marvelous sea creature is found off Australia’s south and …
Kona Crowd
22×30 watercolor; 30.5×38 framed Skin diving is my favorite travel sport. It makes me feel like I’m flying over a very beautiful, alien world. (I don’t use an air tank, just …
Hawaiian Fishes All The Way Down
22×30 watercolor Hawaiian Fishes, as the title implies, depicts only fishes that can be found in Hawaiian waters. This choice gave me some parameters as I decided which fish to …
Bits of Flight
30×22 watercolor This painting was inspired by feathers and butterfly wings that I found while hiking on Marin trails. I already had a peacock and blue macaw feather, so all the …
Parrotfish
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series Could any fish be more fabulously colorful than a parrotfish? They munch on the coral, but I love them anyway. Click here to …
Handsome Crowd
30×22 watercolor; 35×28 framed Handsome Crowd features a selection of fish that are not the flashiest or most colorful, but which I find particularly handsome. Orangespine Unicornfish, Achilles Tang, Ornate Butterflyfish and …
Moorish Idol
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series The Moorish Idol, with its long, trailing dorsal fin extension waving along behind it, is a lovely, graceful coral reef fish. Even the …
Achilles Tang & Ornate Butterflyfish
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series I always look for the Achilles Tang and the Ornate Butterflyfish, two of my favorite characters, when I’m snorkeling in Hawaiian waters. They are so beautiful!
Saddle Wrasse
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series There are other, even more colorful species of wrasse endemic to Hawaii, but the Saddle Wrasse is the one I see most often there. Like …
Bird Wrasse
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series The Bird Wrasse, or Gomphosus varius, is quite an amazing looking coral reef fish. Oddly, they cannot really be defined by gender and age. Instead, they are either …
Achilles Tang
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series I always like seeing Achilles Tangs – they are such handsome fish! The Achilles Tang, or Acanthurus achilles, is a surgeonfish. The Acanthuridae family of surgeonfish, …
Rainbow Butterflies
30×22 watercolor Butterflies come in every color, so I chose monochromatic ones (just one color plus black and white) to make up the rainbow. The border is made of strips …
Resplendent Forester Butterfly
13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed Solo Butterfly Series This wonderfully colorful butterfly was discovered in a rainforest of Ghana in 2012. It is the Resplendent Forester butterfly, Bebearia sp. There are several Forester …
Bella Moth
9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series This lovely, delicate winged insect is a moth, not a butterfly. It’s scientific name is Utetheisa ornatrix, but is commonly known as the Bella Moth or …
Red, White, Black
30×22 watercolor This watercolor of butterflies is a study in monochramatic design. That is, the color scheme is just one hue (red) plus black and white. I did do some …
Winged Metamorphosis
9×12 watercolor In Winged Metamorphosis, the basic butterfly shape is made up of numerous representatives of the elements of Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Have fun picking them all out! …