Underwater Love Series.

Big Fish is a little fish with a big personality. He's an extrovert with a need for attention and feels overshadowed in a large crowd. He has learned to stand out with the aid of props. 

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Made from watercolour washes on 250gsm watercolour paper, cut with die punches and hand finished with pen and ink. 

I had an idea of making collages from painted watercolour paper, noting light and shade, depth and foreground. I also stared to use oyster shells, direct from the kitchen where we had oysters overlooking the beach at Porlock Weir, Somerset.  Then I learned about Mary Delaney. A lady who stole my genius ideas when she was around back in the 1700's...