mini fishboards

So I made 40 miniature fishboards. They are 9 inch replicas of my 8 original fish series paintings. Here are some pics of the process.
The hand-cut wood:

The babies: so cute

The minis: handmade & hangable

I sold some of the mini fishboards at the Digable Art Festival, which by the way was awesome!

two, duas, dwa

volleyball in water - swimming on sand, featuring "dolls and balls" and "sandpaper"

dolls and balls

oil & graphite on wood. 10.5in x 36in
peixe [pey-shee] fish.

tumble rinse repeat

oil & graphite on wood. 10.5in x 34in
This piece can be presented in any direction, with the nose down, up and around. The color inspiration was driftwood. Apparently, according to Norse myth the first two humans were formed out of driftwood.

boards

This is making me hungry..

our Lady of low tide

oil & graphite on wood. 11in x 34in
This is the finished piece. The fish used is mahi-mahi (the dolphin fish).
The title in:
Portuguese- [ nossa Senhora da maré baixa ]
Polish- [ Matka Boska odpływu ]

payara

oil & graphite on wood. 10.5in x 36in
In this (much awaited) piece, I wanted to make the wood as raw as possible, barely altered, as the grain itself is intense. This was also inspired by the early Hawaiian surfboards that were made from wood.
The payara is a game fish found in the Amazon River basin. It is also known as the vampire fish or dog fish (peixe-cachorro) due to its two front fangs. Their diet partially consists of piranhas, which it impales on its pair of pearly whites.

barrels of pickle soup

oil & graphite on wood. 11in x 34in
Initially this piece was supposed to be more grey than green, but since it worked I left it alone.
Pickle soup is an actual soup in Poland. You make it like any other soup, but the main ingredient and taste is shredded pickles! It's delicious, its a bit tart, a bit creamy, and a bit green.

epico, peaches

oil & graphite on wood. 10in x 36in
This piece is about frustration with the encompassing, dry, concrete environment. An environment that forces what seems to be an epic trek to reach liquid solitude.
An obstacle is just that, so get mad and motivated!

waiting at red tide

a new piece. oil & graphite on wood.
The hardest part was choosing the right colors for each element, as they all fall in the same analogous spectrum. Waiting and glazing were crucial in the process.
'Red tide' is an interesting water phenomenon, an algal bloom, where in some cases it gives the ocean a red-brown hue, sort of blood like. Seeing waves that color is surreal, and swimming in it is... 'fuzzy'.