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The prettiest teal green sea glass I've ever had, from a rocky Scottish shore, set betwixt 2 vintage 1980s diamonds both nestled in 9 carat gold tubing.

The swirls and ripples of the band came to me one night as I tried to fall asleep, and bringing the idea to life for this ring just seemed to make so much sense.

Her name is Riptide and I'm obsessed ✨

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~ Teal ~

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My wild encounter with the beautiful barn owl has inspired lots of artwork since, but this is my most recent. Created using the gorgeous Viviva Colors palette and other supplies from the July ScrawlrBox, this rainbow owl portrait attempts to capture the movement of these stealthy creatures, alongside the intoxicating vibes of summer.

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Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to come across this stunning barn owl hunting during golden hour. I'd been watching the light change over this field for hours and it was stunning, so to be lucky enough to see this gorgeous bird fly right over it was a once in a lifetime experience.

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I try to paint and draw different species as often as I can, to get lots of practice in.  But somehow I end up painting octopodes most of all.  They’re just so luscious 💗🧡💛💚💙💜

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I find them completely mesmerizing and I will never not be obsessed 🐙

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They have 3 hearts and very intelligent without bones. When an octopus is swimming, the organ that delivers blood  to the organs stops beating. This exhausts the octopus, so most of the time they crawl from one spot to another. This one here came back to its cave outside villa 148 in

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Been sending out a few of these silver humpback stackers lately and figured this piece deserved some new cute photos 🐋

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You don’t have to be somebody’s lobster, you can be their manta ray 💙

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Absolutely divine <3

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This has been a really popular stack lately, who knew so many people loved manatees and orca? 💙

Currently working on a humpback stacker ring, hope to be able to share that with you guys soon.

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Guess I’m just in the mood for orca lately!

One of my favourite things about being underwater is watching the ethereal light penetrate through the waves and illuminate the lives underneath.

Sunset light underwater is magnificent and I basically built this whole artwork around that.  Hope you like it!

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A tiny little snippet of a fantastic day 💙

Seeing orca in front of a rugged and lush Scottish backdrop might be my new favourite.

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The big boy himself, the inspiration for my latest silver pendant, John Coe.

JC is one of the last remaining members of a West Scotland pod of orca, a pod unable to reproduce due to infertility caused by human pollutants.

He is frequently seen with a male companion, Aquarius, and these 2 individuals are the only pod members that have been sighted in recent years.

I was lucky enough to encounter JC off the coast of Mull this summer, something I will always treasure as I never thought I’d see John Coe in his lifetime.

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After a couple of fantastically unexpected wildlife encounters this summer, I was super inspired to get back in the studio and create.

This new silver pendant was inspired by a close encounter with John Coe, arguably Scotland’s most famous orca.

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Beautiful simplicity.

Humpback whale in Puerto Vallarta, México.

ph: Paola Ocaranza

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Kookaburras are so soft and good like mashpotato