Clownin’ Around…..

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I have been drawing and painting fish for as long as I can remember. Growing up and living in Florida has allowed me to see a variety of marine life up close and personal. I have spent many hours at local beaches swimming and snorkeling. For years my family lived next door to a fish market on Siesta Key in Sarasota. Every day I would go over just to watch the fish swim in the huge aquarium they had on display. I particularly loved to see the clown fish. That burst of orange contrasting with the white and black is one of natures finest masterpieces. Yesterday I was interviewed for a feature and one of the questions was: What inspires my art? And my answer was that it was an accumulation of my life’s imagery. It’s no wonder my portfolio is filled with the ocean…