Today's piece is a blue crab from our local bay.
Mobile Bay is one of the largest bays in the United States.
It is home to Middle Bay Lighthouse.
Famously Admiral David Farragut said, "Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!"
This was during the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil war.
Problem is, torpedos back then were not as we think of torpedos.
They were bombs mounted from chains forming a formidable fence blocking the bay.
We commonly call them mines now.
Anyway he was charged with capturing Mobile Bay and he charged in full throttle.
There is a really good video somewhere of the mine system the
Confederates placed at the mouth of the bay.
The battle was won and the Confederates lost Mobile to the Union.
Today's work is another one of the new series.
The legs are so delicate, I had a lot of fun (not!) cutting the legs and keeping them
from breaking in the process.
These pieces are a challenge for sure!
Today found me using the heavy brad gun to secure the upper part of the cut-out art to the round.
I had already glued them down, so it should've been a piece of cake.
I just have to be careful to hit the wood correctly.
After I nailed them all, I filled in the holes with white acrylic that will
have to be touched up with sepia after they're dry.
I happily nailed 5 of them.
Filled the holes.
I then decided to do the set up for the seahorse.
Now mind you, the seahorse was being put together with glue then nailed.
The seahorse kept sliding on the frame because the glue was wet.
I was alarmed and then realized there were no brads in the gun!
I had to reshoot all of them, and refill the holes again.
So frustrating.....
Chris doesn't want to nail them.
(I think he's a little intimidated by the thinness of the wood.)
I don't blame him, I'm intimidated too!
We also rehung my space at the gallery in downtown Fairhope.
The gallery is located at 18 S. Section Street.
I love my space at the gallery!
Crustacean Station, Acrylic on wood, 13 inches round
Day 7 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2025
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