insensate cephalopod : 4" x 6" 

a day in the lifetopus – photo by M.  (At Porta, one of my favorite restaurants in Asbury Park. Their big beautiful bar is the perfect spot for breaking out my cephalopod sketchbook!)

maraschinoctopus : fountain pen ink, squid ink, embossing powder: 1.5” x 1.5”

tentacle fuget  : fountain pen ink, squid ink, embossing powder: 1.5” x 1.5”

underworld octopus : fountain pen ink, squid ink, embossing powder: 1.5” x 1.5”

x marks the octopus : fountain pen ink, squid ink, embossing powder: 1.5" x 1.5"

ditto.

(insert obvious yonic reference here)topus

every couple of months, I try my hand at painting on this rice paper again and inevitably fail. here’s 1 of 3. bear with me, folks.