I had to take a break from metalwork. I had a visual image of FishArt. I had to try.

A lot of us fish in areas where the vast majority of guided sports practice catch and release. Going home with a great experience is the point, and a couple of pictures is fine, but one tends to have a lot (well, you know, a bunch, but never enough- I digress) of pictures of fish, but nae fish. What to hang on the office wall? Or in the man-cave?

Well, for me, I made a mixed media tarpon, 54 inches long. Fairly typical size fish for our neck of the water. It is hand sculptured, on plywood. Stainless steel eyebolts, steel cable, crimped with aluminum sleeves, this thing weighs plenty but can't come off the wall. Colors in this photograph are washed out- the true colors are more bold than you see here. Joe Taylor (owner of Avenue E in Apalachicola FL) saw it, had to have one to sell in his gallery ($200).

Redfish, permit, and bones are next. Carol wants a mermaid, and that is next too.