A Fish's Home is His Castle
I enjoy bringing not-so-obvious objects together. So I created my own version of a deep sea angler with a castle on his back. I created a lot of art pieces that had to do with journeys, this is one of them. The piece is symbolic of my journeys as I have worked towards reaching my goals.

I needed a tall picture to paint onto a small curio cabinet I had purchased with from a craft store, I wanted to take a craft object and make it into something not-so-crafty (at the time I was working for a craft company to support my family) so it was sort of a sign of rebellion to paint this onto the cabinet. I went on to paint the cabinet with metals and patinas, mixing them against the wishes of the instructions on the bottles, and ended up with a wonderfully peeling somewhat caustic looking finish. The end result was very satisfying. Click here to see a photo of the cabinet.