Showing posts with label mussels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mussels. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Miniature Painting/Art Card #13 - Mussel Shell

Mussel Shell
Acrylic on Bristol Series 300
3.5 x 2.5
SOLD

I am craving some fresh mussels.  Alas, the Gulf of Mexico does not provide these tasty mollusks.  Thus, I must either relish the memories of my life back East or buy frozen mussels in a grocery store.  I prefer the former....

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Mussels No. 2

 
Another delicacy from the sea....  These are difficult to obtain here in Central Texas.  I occassionally spend big bucks to buy a bag from our monopolizing grocery store in Georgetown; unfortunately, there is always a death rate of 50% or higher.  Those odds aren't worth the cost. Let's not even discuss the frozen options!  Thus, I must live with my memories of the East Coast and the shells I saved from shellfish feasts gone bye....