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Title
The Ascension Of The Sea Stars
Artist
Merana Cadorette
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Wrapped Canvas
Description
The Ascension of the Sea Stars
The Sea star scuttles along the bottoms of seas and oceans all around the world. But what if a few of them yearn for more? Perhaps even to ascend to the stars they resemble?
Maybe, ever so often, with the arising of the proper full moon, when the weather and tides are ‘just so’; they climb to the beaches. There, they line up where the sea, sand, and sky meet. As the frothy brine hits the shore, they slip into the bubbles, then the wind whips them aloft…sea creatures, no more. They float up into the heavens to become celestial stars.
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While painting this moonlit sea, my mind wanders (as it does!) into what could be happening in this scene. I thought of the spray of the foam as the waves crashed into the sand. What if it released bubbles? My brush followed my imagination.
I liked it, but it was still too sterile. It needed life. Nighttime=stars, ocean=sea stars...and what if they might float in the bubbles, like little maritime astronauts?
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The Sea star is a curious looking echinoderm (NOT a fish!). They belong to the class Asteroidea, "true stars”. They trundle along the ocean floor on tube feet. Because they are not classified as fish, marine scientists wish they could correct the public’s use of ‘starfish’ to ‘sea star’.
Sea stars occur in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. All resemble stars, most commonly with five arms, (although some can grow up to 40).
Sea stars have an eye spot at the end of each arm. This means that a five-armed sea star has five eyes, while the 40-armed ‘sun star’ has 40 eyes. Each sea star eye looks like a red spot and is rather basic. It can sense light and dark but very little detail, just enough for the murky environments the critters dwell in.
The arms are arrayed around a central disk. They can regenerate lost limbs and swallow large prey inverting their unusual stomachs. Instead of blood, sea stars have a circulatory system made up primarily of seawater.
There are some 2,000 species of sea star living in all the world’s oceans, from tropical habitats to the frigid seabed. There are no freshwater sea stars, and only a few types live in brackish water.
This earned 2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Category 14. FANTASY LANDSCAPE
4th Place-Tie MERANA CADORETTE
Uploaded
March 18th, 2021
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Viewed 2,019 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/19/2024 at 5:48 PM
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Austin, TX - United States
Wonderfully imaginative and beautiful work. My favorite of the day in Women Painters group discussion!
San Pedro, CA - United States
What a grand vision in your mind to begin with! The end result is magical, which of course is the point. Congratulations on your recognition as artist of the week in the 1000 views group, Merana! Well deserved.
Danville, KY - United States
SPECIAL 🎨🐝- MEMBER FEATURE! …our own Moderator MERANA CADORETTE has achieved a staggering….200,000+ views on her portfolio base! BRAVA!
Danville, KY - United States
This beautiful painting is heArtfelt in a special way for you today, dear Merana, condolences.
Danville, KY - United States
Nominating this to 1,000 views , special thread #25, Merana…one of my fav FAVS
Port Orange, FL - United States
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #25 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Middletown, PA - United States
Beautiful work, Merana!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Budapest, BP - Hungary
Nominating this fabulous artwork for a special feature on the 1000 view group. LFP
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
CALGARY, AB - Canada
Fantastic description and fabulous painting! I love the intense blue and yhe moonlight!
Western, IL - United States
Congratulations on your sale! Please remember to post the sales announcement link first in the ABC GROUP Sales discussion!
North Port, FL - United States
What a wonderful story of the evolution of this marvelous painting. So glad it found a home.
Cambridge, ON - Canada
Magnificent painting, Merana! Gorgeous moonlit night reflection in the ocean! Fantastic artistic vision, style and composition! l/F
Danville, KY - United States
YAY,!…CONGRATULATIONS, MERANA!…I am SOOOooo EXCITED for you!!! This is truly my ALL-TIME FAVORITE of your MASTERFUL PORTFOLIO!!…SUCH a GREAT HONOR!!…YAY! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE 2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS... ...juried by America's 25 Best Galleries & Museums. Artists in 64 countries competed: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Republic Of Korea, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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