12.28.2010

striped triggerfish

striped triggerfish (up to 1 ft, up to 3 lb)
eats: coral, sea urchins, crabs, molluscs, sea squirts

watercolor (7" x 10.25")












apologies for the poor scan quality

12.24.2010

win a pescadote bag!

***update***
thanks to everyone who gave the contest a shot and congrats to our winners: mike, maggie, and kathleen.
merry xmas.

-joe w

12.22.2010

win a pescadote bag!

thanks to the invaluable printing expertise of evan webster ink, pescadotes now has bags. we strive to be sustainable at pescadotes and these bags are made of 100% recycled cotton. perfect for a trip to the grocery store.

there are three bags up for grabs, here's how to play:

1. post a pescadotes link on facebook
2. get 5 people to "like" your pescadotes post
3. take a screenshot of your post with the 5 "likes" and email it to me: warren.josephb AT gmail.com
4. first 3 successful contestants to respond win a bag


11.23.2010

pescadote in nyc














he was later pushed off the roof for chopping the ray's stinger in half

11.12.2010

bluefin tuna

bluefin tuna (up to 14 ft , up to 992 lb)
eats: sardines, herring, mackerel, squid, crustaceans

watercolor (7" x 10.25")

11.11.2010

atlantic sturgeon

atlantic sturgeon (up to 15 ft, up to 800 lb)
eats: crustaceans, worms, clams, other mollusks

watercolor (7" x 10.25")

11.10.2010

right whale*

right whale* (up to 59 ft, up to 182,000 lb)
eats: copepods, krill, pteropods

watercolor (10" x 14")










*mammal

11.08.2010

hogfish

hogfish (up to 3 ft, up to 30 lb)
eats: mollusks, crabs, sea urchins

watercolor (7" x 10.25")

hyannis coast

hyannis, ma coast map

watercolor (8.5" x 11")

buzzard's bay 12 1/2

buzzard's bay 12 1/2


watercolor (7" x 10.25")

9.21.2010

open ocean storm

open ocean storm

watercolor (7" x 10.25")

9.16.2010

snook

snook (up to 4.6 ft, up to 53 lb)
eats: smaller fishes, shrimps, crabs

watercolor (11" x 14")

9.10.2010

pencil sketches

blue whale
blue marlin

bluestripe grunt
















wahoo
spanish mackerel
orange file fish
lookdown
grouper
common trunkfish
blue shark

8.31.2010

bigeye tuna

bigeye tuna (up to 8 ft, up to 400 lb)
eats: squid, shrimp, mackerel, other small tuna

i painted and framed this as a housewarming gift and was without a scanner so there are only pictures

watercolor (12" x 18")














7.25.2010

whale shark

whale shark (up to 42 ft, up to 47,000 lb)
eats: plankton

watercolor (8" x 11")

harbor seal*

harbor seal* (up to 6.1 ft, up to 370 lb)
eats: anchovy, sea bass, herring, mackerel, cod, whiting, flatfish, and pogy

watercolor (9" x 14")













*mammal

7.07.2010

portuguese man of war

portuguese man of war (sail up to 30 cm long & 15 cm high, tentacles up to 66 ft long )
eats: fish, fish larvae, cephalopods, other soft bodied prey

watercolor (8" x 11")

5.14.2010

win a pescadote!

to honor pescadotes reaching the legal drinking age (21 painted&posted pescadotes), i will be painting a creature for the winner.  make up the name and stats for this pescadote.  the best entry will win a painted pescadote of their choice.  tell me what kind of sea creature you desire and i will do my best.  please submit your contest entries anonymously in the comments.

name:
length: up to...
weight: up to...
eats:

watercolor (10" x 14")

4.21.2010

greenland char

greenland char (up to 2.5 ft, up to 20 lb)
eats: small fish and invertebrates

watercolor (10" x 14")

4.09.2010

bluefin trevally

bluefin trevally (up to 4 ft, up to 95 lb)
eats: reef fish, squid, octopus, eel

watercolor (8" x 11")

4.02.2010

chevron barracuda

chevron barracuda (up to 5.5 ft, 100 lb)
eats: snapper, groupers, bream, various small fishes

watercolor (8 x 11)














sketch

3.25.2010

chain catshark

chain catshark (up to 2 ft, up to 9 lb)
eats: squid, bony fish, polychaetes, crustaceans

watercolor (8" x 11")

3.12.2010

green turtle

green turtle* (up to 5 ft, 690 lb)
eats: seagrasses and seaweed

watercolor (6" x 6")
















*reptile

2.25.2010

butterflyfish

butterflyfish (up to 8 in, up to 2 lb)
eats: benthic invertebrates

watercolor (8" x 11")

2.23.2010

jaguar shark

jaguar shark (up to 33 ft, up to 40,000 lb)
eats: esteban and fluorescent snapper

watercolor, pencil (10" x 14")










present in what could be my favorite shark movie scene:
note: spoiler if you haven't seen the life aquatic

2.19.2010

poll results

the only mammal with the runaway victory

2.11.2010

blue shark

blue shark (up to 13 ft, up to 861 lb)
eats: squid, cuttlefish, pelagic octopuses, lobster, shrimps, crab, small sharks, small sharks, mammalian carrion, and seabirds

watercolor (8" x 11")

1.31.2010

forktail rabbitfish

forktail rabbitfish (up to 10 in, up to 2 lb)
eats: benthic algae and seagrass

watercolor (8" x 11")

1.22.2010

lined sweetlips

lined sweetlips (up to 3 ft, up to 28 lb)
eats: crustaceans, mollusks, shrimps, small fishes, and worms

watercolor (8" x 11")

1.15.2010

humpback whale*

humpback whale* (up to 52 ft, up to 85,000 lb)
eats: krill and small fish

watercolor (10" x 14")





*mammal; thanks to d. harvey for the image stitching.

1.06.2010

gilded triggerfish

gilded triggerfish (up to 1.5 ft, up to 3 lb)
eats: echinoderms, crabs, shrimps, sea urchins, worms, other invertebrates

watercolor