Octopus in Blue
14" x 17"
Acrylic on Paper
The Aesthetic Mollusc
Jas. W. Atkinson, Artist
Conch #1
12" x 9"
Acrylic on Paper
Navanax Achieving the Tao
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Gessoboard
Original is privately owned
Cuttlefish Gothic
11" x 14"
Acrylic on Gessoboard
privately owned
The Marine Molluscs
Courtship of the Calamari
acrylic on gessoboard
19 x 23
privately owned
As she swims the female changes
color, the male must keep up with
both her color changes and her
swimming - at the same time he
flashes white on the side opposite
the female to scare off potential
rivals
The Consequences of 4 Instants
Acrylic on gessoboard 17"x24"
Originally exhibited (October 2008) at the
Gallery Project in Ann Arbor, Mi under the title
"Cuttlefish Attack." I changed the name to
emphasize this as a dynamic action in which
the cuttlefish undergoes a startling color
change when it attacks.
Micro-Anemena
Acrylic on watercolor paper
10" x 16"
#2 in a series on micro-marine
critters
Spirorbis
Acrylic on paper
12" x 9"
#1 in a series on micro-marine
critters
