Apr 7, 2014

Scallop Shell Painting

Scallop Shell Painting
Soft Shell (c) Mary Hubley

The Scallop

Seafood! Cooked to perfection, scallops are my favorite food. They also make good paintings. This is what they look like on the beach. This scallop is a small painting I just finished, based on a prize scallop shell I found on the beach.

Scallops in Art

In ancient art, scallop shells often symbolized the feminine. Venus was often painted with a scallop shell in the painting to identify her, as in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.

Genre: Still Life
Painting Name: Soft Shell
Size: 6" x 6"
Media: Oil on Canvas


--Mary Hubley

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