So, I grew up spending the majority of my weekends on the beaches of Key Biscayne. I am a beach girl…though I stay under and umbrella and wear an SPF 50 hat and put on SPF 45…I love the beach. I love the smell of it, the feel of it, the sound of it…everything.

I think that is why I like to paint beachy things…from sea grape trees to crabs and starfish.

This is my latest crab, the blue crab. He is a land crab…but he’s a crab.

When I first sketched this little dude, I though that I would put him on a light blue background…then, after coloring his blue body I realized how much better he would look on a bold background…hence the red.

Here he is…the Blue Crab…who may or may not be a part of the summer painting list…which will begin production this Sunday night!