Leafy Sea Dragon by Lucy Arnold

Leafy Sea Dragon

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 …

tropical fish of Kona

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 Fish by Lucy Arnold

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 …

Dragonets by Lucy Arnold

Dragonets

30×22 watercolor Dragonets, such as these mandarin fish, are wildly, vividly patterned with colorful stripes and spots when seen up close. These extremely beautiful little fish are found in warm, tropical waters …

Paradise of tropical butterflies & flowers

Paradise

22×30 watercolor Wings Series Paradise differs from all the other paintings in the Wings Series in that it has both flowers and butterflies. They are all real species, and the …

Bits of Flight by Lucy Arnold

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 …

Parrot Fish by Lucy Arnold

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 by Lucy Arnold

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 watercolor by Lucy Arnold

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 …

Humuhumu

Humuhumu

9×13 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, or Humuhumu for short, is the state fish of Hawaii. This Hawaiian name means “triggerfish with a snout like a pig.” The …

Clownfish waterolor by Lucy Arnold

Clownfish

9×13 watercolor; 13×17 framed Coral Reef Series Clownfish, or Anemonefish, come in yellow, orange, red or blackish colors, often with white stripes or bars. They live in symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. …

Achilles Tang & Ornate Butterflyfish

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 watercolor by Lucy Arnold

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 watercolor by Lucy Arnold

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 watercolor by Lucy Arnold

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 by Lucy Arnold

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, Bebearia sp.

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 by Lucy Arnold

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 surreal art by Lucy Arnold

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! …