This is the last painting completed in 2010, titled "Key Reef", with species native to the Florida Keys. It's acrylic on a canvas panel, 24"x12" and framed in silver metal. I'd never done a reef that size, but the long horizontal format worked well for the top of the reef setting. Along with corals & sponges, there are bank butterflyfish, a spotfin hogfish, sharp-nosed puffer, 2 blue chromis and a cherubfish. The most fun part was the purple sponges on the left, doing all those interwoven ridges with the various shades was pleasing.
The picture sold at my last craft show of the season "Christmas in the Barn", a week after I finished it. A middle-aged couple bought it, earlier they'd showed me photos of their dog on their cell phone, so I know they like animals. Selling that picture made a good show even better and was a great way to end the year.