Grace's Octopus

Grace wanted a zebra. And then she wanted an octopus. And then she considered a series of three sea creatures. And then she settled on an octopus again. Once I was relatively certain she wasn't going to ask for a dragon or a butterfly midway, I painted her octopus. I wanted it to be really dramatic and pop. The background is black with a midnight blue glaze, like the very depths of the ocean. And this is a blue-ringed octopus.

Photography provided by Dawn K Moyer Photography