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aquarium, aquariums, art, Artist, beach, beach art, beaches, clown fish, faabest, fish, florida, ocean, photography, sarasota, sarasota florida, sea, sharon cummings, siesta key, siesta key florida, snorkeling, summer, summer vacation, tropical, tropical fish, underwater life
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…
Learn more about my aquatic dreams here:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/into-blue-tropical-fish-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
