Return of the Ornate butterfish!

Ornate butterfish has dropped in again to see how y'all are!

drawing by jude cowell (c) 2008 Use only by express permission of artist, thanks.

Lulu Storefront: Art Downloads and such, are available, as you wish!

Jude's Art Storefront on display

Surgeon clownfish drawing by jude cowell 2008

Scroll down a ways to see Jude's Storefront, where all my copyrighted-by-artist images are Downloadable in a jiffy at very modest prices with one Dreamyfish botanical fish portrait also available as an Art Print--Breaksea cod--but you'll have to mosey to the site to see the cod's Art Print link.

Ava Tarh's Tears is freshly drawn and published today, so please scroll a smidge to visit with Ava...perhaps you can cheer her up!

Now if only I could figure out why Lulu leaves the title as 's Storefront on this display window even after it's been corrected a zillion times...esp when Jude's Storefront would make so much more sense.

released Great White Shark moving fast!

The Mercury News has the story of a released great white shark speeding to Mexico so I guess he's got a romantic date to keep, don't you?

Hold on, Honey, I'm a-comin'! These jokers had me penned up, but now I'm on my way back to your lovin' ar-- fins!

Amazingly, this 6-feet-long guest of the Monterey Bay Aquarium (from August 07 to February 08) has traveled 1,200 miles since being released--the fastest ever documented from Monterey to Mexico.

He's already swum past the Baja peninsula and is still heading south, so watch your toes!


photo: The Mercury News

Tropical Fish video

Enjoy the lovely fishies!

Goldfish Spotting

Can you spot the goldfish in the pond?

Goldfish Spotting drawing by jude cowell (c)2008

UPDATE Feb 10: scroll below to experience my new tres cool Lulu Storefront viewer!

Piranha Dreams (collage)

Paper Collage: Piranha Dreams by jude cowell 2008.

Come visit Collage Mirage when you get a mo and join us if you wish!

Found: new deep water coral!

And this little mystery fish--a drawing I did in 1996 (original is appr 18"x22"--this is a scan of a photo I've just relocated)--unidentified specimen though he may be--is happy to hear some very cool news circa 2007:


Researchers have made an exciting discovery several thousand feet below the sea near Honolulu: new deep water coral including lemon-yellow bamboo coral and a giant sponge!

Samples have been taken for DNA analysis, and I'm pretty psyched about it, how 'bout you?

Pattillo Armadillo and the Red fairy basslet

Underwater, it's Pattillo Armadillo and the Red fairy basslet at Emerald Cave...


(c) dreamyfishart 2007 drawing by jude cowell


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Images from Cosmic Persona Designs are available for your Downloading needs as well...

Romance in the Moonlight: Corals in Blue

There's a new study on how reef-building corals are inspired to rendevous in response to silvery moonlight--especially when it's blue-tinged. For a few nights after Full Moons, they 'get it on' and little baby corals are the happy result.

Moonlight Spurs Coral to Spawn and make romance!

And I've just discovered a blog on the books and work of Rachel Carson, called Rachel Carson Centennial Blog which reminds me that Carson was fascinated with grunions, a small shimmery fish that makes romance (okay--lays eggs) on California beaches at the highest tides of the warmer months.

Perhaps, like corals, they're inspired by the silvery moonlight!


Image: Pattillo Armadillo walks under the pond drawing by jude cowell 2007

from Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green (c) 2007

Rare Species Netted in the Philipines!

Sea Basin Expedition Nets Rare Species from the Celebes Sea south of the Philippines, a biologically diverse area of ocean.

Some possibly 'new' species include a transparent sea cucumber, a spiny 10-tentacled orange worm, and a black jellyfish. Follow the AP article's link to see a photo of some of these rare denizens formerly hidden so well from our view.

And since I've never drawn a black jellyfish (didn't know there were any!) here's a noble re-post of a white jelly, titled,Jelly's Leavin' by yours truly using Prismacolor oil pencils and Rexel Derwent Watercolour pencils.

Neptune's realm is giving up some of its mysterious species, it seems, and Neptune rules fish and fishing 'nets' too!