I read an article on invasive species (other than humans), and it turns out that a number of creepy looking slugs and snails are getting into the Northern parts of America. Many of them are poisonous and harbour parasites, not to mention can out compete the local critters. To start off this painting I was actually thinking of the large banana slugs that our family saw on a trip to the old growth forests in Vancouver many years ago. The colour scheme included a variety of blue, magenta and purple pastels with high chroma yellow and green elements. It looks harmonious even though there are variety of hues in the spectrum represented. With two palettes on the go, mostly identical, I had a fair but of cleaning to do, so there is a second abstract I will hopefully post tomorrow.
Invasive Spectrum, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, August 2023 (No. 3642a)
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