Forest of Fossil Fish
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99
stressful and tiring day yesterday, but i did manage to work on a painting last night. 2 actually. i am working on 2 large ones and hope to get them done this week. i came up with a new idea for the strata series yesterday - in a meeting! - and hope to get going on that this weekend - it requires some wood and a table saw, but fortunately i have manly friends who enjoy the chance to use powertools.
this is a painting i did a few years ago. these are coelacanths -- primitive fish that were thought to have been extinct for 65 million years until people started occasionally catching them. they are lobe-finned fish, with bone supporting their fins, a trait that long long ago led some of their ancestors to develop the ability to support haul themselves out of the ocean and become land creatures. the bone provided support. they have been caught off the coast of madagascar and south africa and a few other places in that region. they live in deep waters, which is why they are seldom caught and were thought to be extinct.
the painting is watercolor, 16 x 20", though this is just a small section of it.
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