Swimming Octopus Hand Painted Original 9x12

This was a very challenging painting! If you notice a shine that is because i used some very unique pearlescent color for the back ground. Pictures really don't do this painting justice. Female octopi lay their eggs then gaurd them for their entire incubation period. Often they succumb to starvation and die just in time for her offspring to feast upon her flesh until they are big enough to venture out. As mothers and fathers, i feel many of us can relate to this sacrifice.