14 Tuesday Oct 2014
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animals, beach, beach home, beach house, claws, coastal living, crab, crab claws, crabs, crustacean, marine life, ocean, Oceania, sea
“Colorful Octopus”
Mixed Media Painting/Collage/Vintage Animal Plate
Sharon Cummings
2014
“Colorful Crab”
Mixed Media Painting/Collage/Vintage Animal Plate
Sharon Cummings
2014
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11 Thursday Sep 2014
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animal, animals, aquarium, art, beach, beach house, beachy, blue, bright, coastal, coastal decor, coastal living, coastline, color, colorful, colorful animal art, Colorful Art, colors, cottage, cute fish, decor, fish, fun, happy, hippocampus, horse, kids, marine life, nautical, nursery, ocean, oceanic, primary, primary colors, red, scuba, sea, sea horse, seahorse, seahorses, snorkeling, summer, summer vacation, surf, sweet, swimming, tropical, tropical decor, tropical fish, underwater, waves
“Colorful Seahorse”
Mixed Media Art
Sharon Cummings
2014
I know today is all about 911 and that most people will be talking about that horrific event in American History. It is burned into my memory mainly because I had a little girl in kindergarten at the time and I can recall vividly rushing to her school with all of the other panicked moms. Hugging my Muslim friends who had removed their Hijabs out of fear of attack. It was indeed awful. Explaining that to a child was beyond comprehension.
So today I take you back to my kindergarten year and good memories that I hope will make you smile on this day. I grew up the first half of my childhood on Siesta Key, FL. We did not have an ocean view as we were not wealthy, but a very modest home on one of the side streets. Right next door was a fish market that would smoke mullet all day. When bored, I would wander over there and if I smiled cutely, they’d give me a sample of their fish. It was so yummy. But what I remember most is that they had this vertical fish tank in the corner of their store. It was filled with tropical fish and mainly seahorses. I was so intrigued by how they swam with such small fins. I would watch them for hours. One day I noticed one of the very “fat” seahorses was making jerking motions and much to my delight he was having babies!! I squealed with so much joy that all of the customers rushed over to look in the tank with me.
I remember the proprietor asking me if I wanted a little tank of my own with some of their seahorses to care for. I did, but then I thought about it and decided i didn’t. It was much more satisfying to sit and watch the fish over there and besides, I wouldn’t get free seafood goodies at home. 😉
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16 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in Uncategorized
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aqua, aquarium, art, atlantic, beach, beach art, beachy, blue, bradenton, bright, california, canvas, caribbean, coast, coastal, coastal living, colorful, colorful fish, costa rica, east coast, fish, fisherman, fishing, florida, florida keys, island, islander, islands, marine, marine life, miami, naples, north carolina, ocean, Oceania, pacific, paintings, parrot fish, primary colors, sarasota, sea, seafood, seascape, sharon cummings, st. thomas, tommy bahama, tropical, tropical fish, tropics, underwater, vacation, water, west coast
A lot of people are looking for art online these days. And it is currently a great place to find it too! There are so many talented artists who represent themselves which enables them to offer pricing far below gallery. I’ve been fishing lately too. In the past 10 plus years I have created a lot of work. And I recently rediscovered two tropical fish that I painted years ago. What a catch! Going through the many years worth of work is really interesting and fun.
Enjoy these fishy friends. 🙂
