New Images! Fun Images!

Here are some new photos taken this past weekend. A customer asked for a painting of a particular beach that I know well.  To get some better insight to the beach, my husband and I decided to go for a ride and snap a few photos for reference. As a result, I have new photographs that will be put on Etsy in the next couple of days. Check them out here for a sneak peak, or if you'd rather purchase one directly from me, shoot me an email at OneOceanDesigns@gmail.com!

All images will be priced at $25.00 for 8 x 10 prints, unmatted. Of course, sizes, matting, and even pricing are negotiable!

Waiting for the Tide

Huddled

Rockland

Peek-a-boo

Algae to the Sea

Perched

Bouquet of Sunrise

News! News! News!

Some insight into what is going on here.  Short of starting a fan page on Facebook (because although I am on Facebook, I'm not the happiest fan of it), I began venturing into other avenues of getting the name of OOD out there...why not post photos publicly?  So, there you have it, I have photographs, now up on Flickr. I know, I know.  Not the hugest deal in the world, but the photos are there and they are saying hello.  And, if you just happen to notice some are not there, well, they will be.

One lovely happening is that a dear friend of mine, Jen, included some of my photos in her blog on tumblr.  No, I haven't gotten onto that system yet, but time does tell most things. Check out the photographs posted them from the Big E 2011. While you're at it, why not check out some other neat things Jen has been finding and posting about.  Go ahead, take a look!  Oh, and if you come back later but can't find this posting with her link in it, check out the snarkitecture by yennifoo under Elsewhere...yup!  You guessed it, that's her post!

Go ahead and take a look at that new icon/photo/profile image of me on Etsy. That one is courtesy of my husband.  Woohoo!

Customizable number Two

Since my first customer received his first painting (a custom Fathoms Below, see Work in Progress, August 2011), he has since come back for another to complete his duo of silhouette paintings. Over email, we worked on an idea together for something a little different, but still in the same context of Fathoms Below.  Away we came with Pod Migration! It is similar in size, media, color, and basic silhouette idea.  Instead of sharks, we see whales. Instead of looking up, we're looking horizontally. Instead of a circular sun shimmer, we have a star sun shimmer.  Enjoy the chronological photos below, introducing you to Pod Migration!

The sketch-out.  When you compare this photo to the last in the series, you'll see that things don't always work out as planned. The sketch is more-so guidelines anyway!

The beginning of the water. While painting this, many that walked by said the painting should stay as is.  Perhaps in a stark white room, this would be enough. However, we want to see some life!

A little more color and we added *gasp* the sun!

The sun streaming in had a little more work done to it and then we finally see...life! Yes, the whales are smaller than originally planned, but now there's more of them! Who doesn't like seeing so many whales in one area?

Here we have the nicely cropped and ever so eloquent Etsy image.

Woohoo!  After confirmation, the painting will be shipped off to its destination.  There it will be hung with care next to (or near?) it's sibling.  

Thank you, Marc!

Sounds of the Muse

This past weekend opened a few windows and doors in the design world, literally.  It was a spectacularly beautiful weekend and so the family decided to air out the homestead we were visiting with the refreshing breezes of late summer. Along with the delightfully chill air, clear sky, and beautiful weather, cousins gathered together for a weekend of fun and relaxation.  Equal parts music, art, and games, the gathering blasted into an explosion of intensity.

Music came from singing around bonfires and mid-morning wake up calls for those who wanted breakfast.  It also materialized at Club Boschi in New York where DJ Omaga pumped out some grooves for the masses to jive to. After you check out his website, check out Omaga's Facebook page...don't forget to click 'Like' if you're into the music!

The art was a mix of early morning and mid-to-late evening ventures.  While others slept, I sketched away at the becomings of artwork for those who are willing to purchase such things to liven up their homes and lives  (check out New Desires!).  In the evening hours, the art corresponded to the music we created, right there, on the spot, live with no interruptions.

Games are most likely one of the best ways for musing to occur.  Of course there's the nature muse of seeing something and wanted to capture the image in your own delight. However, games bring out the fun, the child, the sense of wonder and imagination in every person, should they want to partake in the joy.

After a weekend of all three, who doesn't want to start painting?

New Desires!

It's been a little while, but business is booming in the self-made-on-the-side-want-to-be-artistic-but-didn't-go-to-school-for-it industry. After receiving the first painting ever sold by One Ocean Designs on Etsy, Mutauro (the buyer of the painting) decided he wants more to add to his collection...possibly two larger paintings to complete the set! Sunrise in the Sound is also turning heads, with a large print being prepped for another client.

So what's new besides these two Hurrays? A painting of a memorable beach which the patron spent his childhood summers, and two non oceanic paintings of the solar system.  Yes, I do not typically do non-marine images, but as the client emailed me (OneOceanDesigns@gmail.com), I couldn't say no. The idea was just too good to pass up! Besides, isn't it good to venture from standard practices every once in awhile? Keeps one alive and on their toes!

These last three paintings will NOT be sold on Etsy,  but will instead be sold directly through PayPal and all contact is through email.  If this is YOUR preferred method of purchasing and receiving your original One Ocean Designs artwork, please feel free to email!

New items for sale!

With the custom Fathoms Below completed and shipped, I turned the muses to a slightly different feel in the ocean: coral reefs.  Although I am an open water type person, I do enjoy seeing the massive variety of animals and plants a reef can contain.  Some of my favorite field trips as an instructor were to different reefs around Florida, showing the students just what kind of cool things live out there.

In order to initiate some of the viewing of the coral reef world, I am pleased to introduce you to the Queen Triggerfish and the Anemonefish and Anemone...appropriately named for what is entailed in the drawings! They both were originally inks, modeled after sketched I have previously done.  Although I have not encountered anemonefish (you know, a clownfish....Nemo, if you will), I did enjoy working with them in the various places I have...worked.

So, enjoy them here, enjoy them on Etsy, enjoy them in your house if you care to purchase them!  

Please excuse the appearance of the photographs: the scanner is down and these were done rather quickly (giving the slightly altered angles!)

Anemonefish (Nemo!) and Anemone 8 x 10 watercolor and ink in 11 x 14 white matting.

Queen Triggerfish 8 x 10 watercolor and ink in 11 x 14 white matting.

 If you like these or any other pieces on Etsy, don't forget to favorite the items!

Indroducing...Photos!

After spending hundreds of hours on the water, and taking hundreds of photographs, I found a few of my favorites to share!  Currently, only the first photo is posted for sale on Etsy, however the others (plus more!) will be making an appearance in the near future!  As always, if you see anything you like here that isn't in the One Ocean Designs Etsy Shop, you can email me at OneOceanDesigns@gmail.com to request orders!  Enjoy the photos!

Sunrise on the Sound!  Photo taken summer of 2011 in Long Island Sound.

Taken Summer 2011. This is sunset after Hurricane Irene rearranged the Sandy Beach in Cornfield Point, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Taken Summer of 2009 in Fort Meyers, Florida.  Sunset on the Gulf.

Taken Summer 2011 in Long Island Sound.  Out of the Fog is one of the images taken during one of the foggiest days on the water.  This boat appeared out of seemingly nowhere for this photograph.

Taken Summer 2011 in Long Island Sound. Run Home shows the sunset while running back to Niantic, Connecticut after a day of fishing.

Taken Summer 2005...an oldie but goodie.  Harbor Safe is a photograph taken while sitting on the jetty in Rockport Harbor, Rockport, Massachusetts.

Taken Summer 2010. Sunset Run was taken during an afternoon fishing trip in Long Island Sound.

Taken Summer 2007.  Lighthouse on the Gut is a photo taken during a fishing trip in Long Island Sound.