yellowfin tuna!

Thonnus albacares

Rockfish Head

Another painting for the lure/fish head series. This is a Striped Bass/Rockfish.

Morone saxatilis

Paintings and wine

Kind of an extension of my lure paintings I am looking for a way to branch off from them since i really enjoyed painting them.

This is an in progress of a Dodo bird that I have been working on I need to paint in the feathers and clarify the wings.

And my second wine a zinfandel blush.

Belgians

For those wondering why there is a beet on there here is the history behind Sint Niklaas and the Beet in Waasland, Belgium.

Emperor Charles V once visited the city of Sint Niklaas and obviously a crowd gathered to see the emperor. Among these was a small farmer holding a huge beet, which he wanted to hand to the emperor. The guards, however, prevented the farmer from reaching the emperor. The emperor, however, noticed that something was happening and asked the farmer what he had in his hands. The farmer answered that he had a giant fruit and that he wanted to give it to the emperor. The emperor was intrigued and let the farmer pass the guards. The emperor accepted the beet and awarded the farmer with a large purse.
Seeing the reward for a simple beet, a local horsebreeder imagined the award he would fetch if he gave the emperor a good horse. So he offered the emperor a beautiful horse. The emperor responded, saying that for a beautiful horse, he would donate one of his precious possessions, and handed the breeder the beet. Embarrassed the breeder had to accept the beet, which ever since has been the symbol of the Waasland and its fertile soil.

Irish stout

Beer label I have also been working on for an Irish Stout. It would be awesome to find a place that could print on this shape if anyone knows of such place let me know!

Wine Label #2

Here is an idea of what my second wine label might look like. The top one are the original colors I intended. Any thought on color and type would be greatly appreciated. Also, the place I am going to get these printed at limits me to 3 colors. So, there is going to be a re-design of my first label for the Cabernet.

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