In memoriam A3 S

Hiking in Norway, 1980, watercolour (c. 40 x 30 cm)

A3 S : 1952-2011

Onlangs verloor ik een dierbare vriend, met wie ik hoogzomer 1980 een reis maakte, tot ver boven de poolcirkel, door het noordelijkste Noorwegen.
Een land waar overal helder koud water is, zoete en rinse bessen. En muggen. Zijn zon gaat niet meer onder. Hij wordt gemist.

Recently, I lost a friend with whom I hiked in Norway in 1980. He is missed. 

Sunfish / Maanvis

Sunfish / maanvis - watercolour 2011 (c. 70 x 50 cm)

Several jellyfish species are preyed upon by Sunfish (by the way, in Dutch it is called "Moonfish").
This is how I imagine such a raid.

Linearity II

Pictured are subsequent larval stages in Physophora magnifica, a colony building jellyfish species. The glass models series as shown in the photograph is linear. My  watercolour shows an loose arrangement of the embryonic shapes. The question might be: what is organic? Model series of the siphonophore  Physophora magnifica,  based on illustrations by  Ernst Haeckel. Shown is the series from the collection  of the Utrecht University Museum.  Similar series are preserved in the  collections of Vienna University,  Cornell University and the  Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University.

Physophora magnifica.   Watercolour 2011,  ( c 40 x 30 cm)