The Argonaut (red and green on yellow background)

The Argonaut (red and green on yellow background)This piece grew from a logo I did for a company in Orlando. It was for a team project thing and they were called the Argonauts. In researching Argonauts I found some cool pics of the argonaut octopus and thought it would be a good combination with a ships wheel because it is named after the ancient Greek sailors. The argonaut in this drawing is a female. The thing on her head or back is an eggcase. They are also known as paper nautiluses and are found

To me a charging rhinoceros is one of the coolest things in nature unless you’re on the receiving end of their horn

I’ve always liked drawing skulls and skeletons but most of the time I’ve drawn them in art classes as studies or practice for other drawings

Not every death is explained

As an artist I’ve always gotten a sort of therapy and contemplation while working on my art

My originals are hand drawn graphite on smooth Bristol paper and come framed in a frame that I buy from Michael’s with a 40% off coupon

Black Morpho

So I decided to make this piece a distinctly Florida turtle

Sea turtles are just about the coolest animals around

This piece is still available

And skulls of course

I used what my daughter calls scribble scrabble for the texture of the Rhino

This myth gave me the idea for for this piece