Fieldwork Friday: Fishes

We interrupt the tedium of the wood duck linocut to bring you this moment of aquatic wonder. A months-old sketch of assorted fishes from a zoo excursion. No such beasts roam in the wilds of Colorado, more's the pity.

I'm off to teach a workshop over the weekend, but I promise you'll see the final stages of the wood duck piece when I get back!

Fieldwork Fishday

Fish sketch on Friday? Why not? Parrot cichlid and flag-tailed prochilodus, in case you're wondering. Guess which one's the flag-tail.

I was in Denver yesterday to shift some work around at Abend Gallery and to have lunch with my wee nephew, Alex. As you can see, he's not such a wee lad anymore. In fact, he turned 23 this week. Time flies. Fish flies? Flying fish? Sorry, I can't seem to tie these two together. Although when Alex was little he could do a very passable imitation of fish lips. ;-)

Back to el lino grande this weekend, although the fact that we're getting a warm reprieve after several weeks of sub-zero weather will probably keep me more out of the studio than in. I'm in serious need of some outdoor time.