Gabriel Bodnariu (Romanian,b.1972)

Arizona Dream, 2023

Oil on canvas

Fish caught in the Mediterranean Sea in 1561 said to have been adorned with tattoo-like marking on its skin that looked like images of ships — from Adriaen Coenen’s huge 16th-century treatise on fish. See more from this remarkable book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580 #FishFriday

Elena Mardashova (Ukrainian,contemporary)

Italian Square, 2023

Oil on canvas

Anastasiia Valiulina (Russian)

Riomaggiore, Cinque terre, 2020

Oil on canvas

fish pot. fot... lobster bowl... lowl ... lobowl..... much to think about....

He is enjoying his soup. Please do not disturb him

Khotan Fernandez (Mexican, b. 1973)

Luca I (Dark Series), 2019

Acrylic matte medium, canvas collage on canvas

Reading a book on sea monsters on ancient maps and I thought this was such a funny way to put it. They couldn’t even afford sea monsters :///

‘Island in the Attersee’ by Gustav Klimt, c. 1901-02.

Crab brooch, 1930s.

ideas: i didn't really think of him being underwater but they deserve to have drama by crying there too so i just think you could say something about the composition being denser than water or w/e. proteins

i'm always like good thing he didn't try to exit asap via swimming in ciao alberto But What If He Did lol. just swim Somewhere else along the coast, maybe panic about [money??] & whether somehow this ruins school for luca, whether he can get in touch w/o it being On Sight b/w him & all marcovaldos, consider just kind of trying out other places, traveling after all...fascinating considering the other povs on the issue like: now there's the paguros to sympathize w/a kid vanishing, luca however in a somewhat more novel position there, giulia's throwback to alberto being a bit perplexing lmao, kind of thinking the best massimo could do is have a prewritten letter for luca to give to alberto If Possible, conveying something like i know you didn't set my livelihood on fire on purpose but even if you did i'd want you to stay. and luca in a position to do all of "maybe give the island fun facts so someone can check if he's there" & "wait & hope alberto can/does get in touch" & "have a lot of feelings"....not even the context of what this drawing is about necessarily, just tacking it on here anyways. ahead of time i went "heh now i Know they're gonna have it get little Real here b/c it's really about alberto wanting the security of feeling he can 'earn' a sustained relationship" then the short cleared & i was lying completely dead on the pavement

Mary Fedden (British, 1915-2012) - White Cat Lying Down (1992)

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Here are the best sea monsters and sea serpents I’ve encountered to date: sea monsters gallery.

Shark and octopus tiles

The Evening World, New York, March 16, 1908