The giant Pacific octopus is a large eight legged marine cephalopod whose early ancestors were clam-like creatures. Its range is California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia,...
This pose highlights the enormous range of forms the Octopus can take... The giant Pacific octopus is a large eight-legged marine cephalopod whose early ancestors...
The giant Pacific octopus is a large eight legged marine cephalopod whose early ancestors were clam-like creatures. Its range is California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia,...
This amazing creature is on the move, un confined by the boundaries of this piece... with a graphic gold leaf background as befits ocean royalty. The...
Each octopus tentacle actually contains neurons, creating a brain that operates it independently. Octopus can also grow new tentacles if they become injured.This one hails...
Giant Pacific Octopus spend most of their time on the ocean floor in this recumbent pose. It's the hardest positioning to faithfully reproduce. This specimen...
This pair of Octopus are nearly identical except for slight differences in their tentacles...it's fun to compare and contrast between them. This was inspired by...
Octopus are most active at night, which inspired me to create a moonlit version of this quirky, blue-blooded and intelligent creature. Image Size: 18"w X 30"hThis...
These creatures are fluid just like the water they inhabit. I chose this circular format to express the wholeness and interdependence of the ocean and...
This triptych depicts keystone species from along Oregons wilderness coastline. It is one of the rare colored background I have produced as well as employing...
Known as “Ugliest creature identified,” the Smooth Dreamer has a massive head with a gigantic, crescent-shaped mouth that is filled with sharp, translucent teeth angled...
Sidestripe shrimp usually live for four years, starting their lives as males and maturing as hermaphrodites: after one or two spawning seasons the males change...
The spotted ratfish is a chimaera found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean. Often seen by divers at night in the Pacific Northwest, this cartilaginous fish...
This menagerie of deep-sea fish is a unique collection of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fish made possible by Oregon State Universities Icthylogical Collection. They represent life...
Viperfish are a species of marine fish that live in bathypelagic environments inaccessible to humans, at depths of over 5000 feet, so very little is...