California Spiny Lobster Original Watercolour

While was I was painting the magnificent King Crab, I came across its cousin, this California Spiny Lobster. My eye was quickly drawn to the impressive antennas but as I began quickly sketching it (I like to capture animals very quickly and intuitively without thinking much) I realised it has no claws. I found out that this spiny lobster typical from the California region and the Pacific coast lacks claws but the two massive antennas allow it to sense its environment and move with ease. I was amazed how these two made a really good pair and share some similarities in terms of shape, colour, texture and spirit.

Details:

- Orientation: Vertical
- Title: California Spiny Lobster
- Size: 29.5cm (W) x 41cm (H)
- Year: 2026
- Signature: Signed on the front; titled, dated, and signed on the back
- This artwork is part of a diptych and pairs with the King Crab piece, available together at a discounted price through my profile.
- Bonus: Includes a free postcard or handmade gift
- Framing: I highly recommend float framing under UV-protected glass

Shipping:
- Shipping: Delivered flat in protective cardboard & mailer packaging

Framing:
-I highly recommend this artwork to be float framed under glass.

Original handmade artwork ©Copyright Natalia Pelaez Natapart.

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Its much harder for me to talk about my art than it is to paint ;)
Words come later, images and the joy I experience when I paint comes first.

I sometimes think about my work as a maze. I go into long winded paths of discovery, I dive deep into a subject but I follow tangents too. They sometimes lead to dead ends yet other times bring about the most wonderful discoveries.

Ive learned not to give up too soon. Is almost a scientific approach: establishing outcomes through testing and experimentation; making observations, predictions and most importantly analysing the results.

I work in collections. I explore a subject until I feel like its ran its course. I paint in tied palette that I almost always mix myself, colour mixing and creating my own colours is a big part of my prep work. My palette oscillates between earthy tones, dark moody ones and blue, the colour that I seem to be gravitating towards in recent months. As Van Gogh said "There is no blue without yellow and orange", therefore I also incorporate those two, its a must!