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
Critters of the Water Drop
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