“Pearl Divers” Weird and Wonderful Watercolors by Steve Garrison

7 Jan

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Watercolor artist Steve Garrison imagines a fresh-water mermaid.  His painted ladies have scales and spots and an occasional well-placed fin.   

On another shore, Ama, are Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls.  The majority of ama are women.  Japanese tradition holds that the practice of ama may be 2,000 years old.[1] Traditionally, and even as recently as the 1960s, ama dove wearing only a loincloth. Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of free-diver.

 Artist’s Behance site: Steve Garrison

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8 Responses to ““Pearl Divers” Weird and Wonderful Watercolors by Steve Garrison”

  1. troutguy January 8, 2013 at 6:40 pm #

    Link in post above for artwanted.com does work & shows 16 of my works.

    In case you’d like one of my originals (or prints) on your wall (I’d be thrilled) then: Amazon.com. Search Stephen Garrison art & they will pop up. Thanks to Betsy for reviewing & her liner notes. My email: Steve Garrison: troutguy5@gmail.com

  2. David Coffin January 7, 2013 at 8:02 pm #

    Cool work…! But it doesn’t seem to be by Steve Garrison. At least, the link you give doesn’t take one to more like this. And the signatures here don’t match Garrison’s at behance. So, who did these?

    • Betsy Wills January 7, 2013 at 8:29 pm #

      http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?ID=1223972&IRV=1 Try this link…it is the same artist….these are new pieces so perhaps that is why as many of his older work is more traditional..see if this link doesn’t help and thank you for commenting!

      • David Coffin January 7, 2013 at 8:42 pm #

        Excellent; I love these fish-faces… Thanks!

      • troutguy January 8, 2013 at 6:37 pm #

        Link in post above for artwanted.com does work & shows 16 of my works.

        In case you’d like one of my originals (or prints) on your wall (I’d be thrilled) then: Amazon.com. Search Stephen Garrison art & they will pop up. Thanks to Betsy for reviewing & her liner notes. My email: Steve Garrison: troutguy5@gmail.com

    • Betsy Wills January 7, 2013 at 8:32 pm #

      Your work is beautiful too…just looked at it. please send me some images if you have time.

      • David Coffin January 7, 2013 at 8:45 pm #

        Delighted, I’ll send anything you like; what size do you prefer?

      • Betsy Wills January 7, 2013 at 9:40 pm #

        not too big, it makes it difficult to put in blog….

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