I painted a figure in gouache directly onto an antique British fishing-book lithograph of a lobster (c. 1920).

Lobsters are symbols of regeneration—they survive by shedding what no longer fits and rebuilding themselves. I painted this while trying to do the same. Armored on the outside, soft and vulnerable underneath. That tension is the heart of this piece.

Size & Framing

• Artwork size: 7 × 8 inches

• Framed size: 14 × 15 inches

• Paired with a blue striped mat and set in an antiqued fluted silver frame

Exhibition History

Generative Metamorphosis, Isolart Gallery, Florence, Italy