Sea Horse

Artist: Daniella Jones

Title: Seahorse

Media: Canvas Print

Dimensions: 5” x 7”

Date: 2007

Daniella Jones work has been shown in many exhibitions and galleries.  She has been creating artworks for over 20 years now and is an award winning Australian artist. She likes to focus her work on Australian wildlife and has found a particular interest in using soft pastels.

"What a wonderful piece of artwork! The eyes, so expressive, WOW! Extremely happy"  
  - Judy, New South Wales, Australia (satisfied customer)

Daniella resides in the tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland, Australia and has the Great Barrier Reef at hands reach.  The natural environment provides for the necessary inspiration for her artwork, such as the “Seahorse” seen above.

The “Seahorse” print demonstrates an example of an animal that resides below the sea.  This piece was originally created using pastels.  I chose this work because the seahorse is poised upright, yet appears almost diagonal the way it’s depicted on the canvas, making it symmetrical and pleasing to the eye.  I also enjoy how the artist uses deeper blues to accent the ocean in which the seahorse floats.  The blues then transition into black, which conveys the deep ocean to where the eye cannot see.