Anemone - A Work in Progress

Today I did a little more work on this painting (see posts on 24 Feb 2012 and 26 Jul 2012). There is still a lot to do before it is completed and I will post it at a later date.














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Rock Beauty - A Work in Progress

I have transferred the image on the rock beauty and sponges onto the canvas. (see posting on 21 Mar 12)














I will post this painting at a later date once more of the painting is completed.

Anemone - A Work in Progress

I have transferred the image of the anemone onto the canvas (see posting on 24 Mar 2012). I wanted to start a little of the under wash before I had to leave and join the Outdoor Painters' Group.














I will post this painting at a later time once more of it has been completed.

Squirrelfish and Sea Fan - A Work in Progress

I always enjoy spending time at the CoCo View Resort in Roatan. You can do four boat dives a day and then have unlimited shore diving with many great things to see in their "backyard" including the Prince Albert wreck.














While I was returning from a morning dive and doing my last decomp stop there was a small coral head with a fairly large sea fan on the top of it. Near the base of the sea fan  was a bright orange squirrelfish.  I was attracted by the strong contrast between the fish and the sea fan.

 This is the under painting for the scene and I will post this later once more work had been completed.

Spotted Eagle Rays - A Work in Progress

This is a scene I remember vividly while I was in Bonaire completing my testing for my Advanced Scuba Diver, Computer Nitrox Diver, Underwater Navigation Diver and Deep Diver with Humberto (Pepe) Lazcano Palomo of Adventure Divers.

It was on the last dive for my Deep Diver certification coming up from 150ft (45.7m) that we saw two spotted eagle rays gliding past the closest reef and silhouetted against the more distant reef face.














Of course since I was being tested I wasn't allowed to bring my camera with me and I missed a great opportunity to photograph the rays.

The image was so vivid that I can still close my eyes and remember it. This is the under painting for what I would like to share of seeing the Spotted Eagle Rays.

I will post this painting at a later date as more of it is completed.

Waterfall - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started last year (see post on 28 Feb 11).

I wanted to put in the rocks on both sides of the lower section of the waterfall and drew in the places I wanted to have the rocks showing within the waterfall.

I still have to put the darker rocks behind the one wall on the right hand side and the ones on the left side.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

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Dixon Cove Wreck II - A Work in Progress

This is the under painting for the second Dixon Cove wreck (see post on 23 April 2012 for the first one).














This is the second of two wrecks grounded close together within the confines of Dixon Cove which is located between French Harbour and Coxen Hole.

Stories about the ships abound; some claim one ship, with a cargo of lumber, ran aground in a storm. The second ship came to assist, and also ended up on the reef. The lumber was off-loaded in a futile attempt to save the ship, and was collected by local residents.

I will probably never know the true story about either of these two wrecks, but perhaps the next time I go to Roatan I may find one of the older residents who does know the truth.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have it completed.