Blue Crab

Blue Crab

Oil

20x20x1.5

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This feisty blue crab will remind you of life at the beach with all it has to offer:  impeccably fresh seafood, the calls of seagulls, salty breezes, waves lapping at the shore, and sand everywhere.  Wired to hang.  

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Old Bay Crab

Oil on Museum Grade Canvas Panel
8x10

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Growing up along the Eastern Seaboard, I was treated to amazing seafood, including delectable blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay. Of course, the ONLY seasoning that could be used was the iconic Old Bay. This painting pays homage to both.

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Gulf Crab

Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

24x12

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As an Eastern Seaboard resident, I was well-acquainted with the exquisite blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay.  Their delectable meat, kissed with Old Bay seasoning and dipped in vinegar is an incomparable eating experience.  Imagine my surprise one year upon visiting a local crab house in Virginia and finding out that the crabs were flown in from Texas!

Now a resident of Texas, I dearly miss my Atlantic coast, yet I am grateful for the bounty of the Gulf of Mexico.  Every time I visit Galveston, I pack my personal supply of Old Bay and hit the wharves in search of this culinary treasure.  It's almost like being home again....

Stone Crab Claw

Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas

10x10x1-3/8

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Here it is--my first stone crab claw painting.  Being an East Coast girl, I am used to eating Maryland blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay.  In fact, I can pick crabs with the best of them.  Stone crabs, though, are not Maryland blues.  Only the claw meat is eaten--assuming you can get to it.... 

 

We are not talking about gently hammering at the claw with a wooden mallet or using a lobster/crab/nut cracker device.  NOOOOOOOOOOOO.  They have to be whacked with the blunt end of a cleaver--which can be disturbing to the uninitiated. Half the time, claw manages to slip from my grip and land on the floor.  The rest of the time, I end up pulverizing the meat with shattered shell shards.

 

Let's just say, it is easier to paint a stone crab claw than to eat it.  Instead of singing the blues, I'll just eat them instead.