:: Oceanic Experiment...success or failure. You decide.

Welcome to the new world of "Oceanic".

After a trip to the Seattle Aquarium I came home with more than 200 photos. As I was going through them I thought maybe I should have taken more pictures of my children enjoying themselves on their first visit. It seems I took a lot of close-ups and weird angles of the creatures in the tanks and almost completely forgot the kids. Oopsie.

So I thought I should make something of it while I was feeling inspired. I started a huge lion fish and realized that I needed a little warm-up before tackling him any further. So I started to doodle the shapes that I usually do when I'm sketching with pen and pencil. I was shocked to see that the swirly lines actually worked very well in bleach so I just kept doodling. After several hours I had an area about 12" x 14" that was a mass of what looked like seaweed, coral and bubbles. Not all of it was brilliant so I cut it down into this piece and several smaller ones.

The series will continue for many years I'm sure.

:: Aquarium photos on Flickr ::