BBARS Art & Science Residency

My morning started out with some research in the BBARS Library on the tiny school of fish we managed to capture on film.  The Northern Sand Lance (or possibly the American Sand Lance, which I can't really tell without inspecting it quite closely- the two species of fish are almost identical) is a rather clever little fish that hides in the sand or gravel at the bottom of the sea during the day, and comes out at night to eat plankton.  They return to their hiding places at dawn to avoid becoming the breakfast of puffins, whales, seals, and larger fish, etc.  It's so long and slender that it can't be caught easily with a net, and even when another marine animal eats it, it can use its sharp extended mouth to burrow into the tissues of the insides of its predator.  I imagine that might give a whale a bit of indigestion!  Yeesh!  

As my time here gets shorter, I have been starting to panic a little about the amount of work I would like to have finished by Thursday!  But today I got a great deal of work done on my large Herring painting, as well as my Silver Darlings piece (above).  Even though I know I have been collecting lots of inspiration and imagery to use when I get back to my own studio, it feels good to see some physical evidence of work progression.  

While I work on large projects that consist of lots of monotonous actions, I've been listening to books via the NL Public Library's Libby app.  Today, I started a new book, on of Alan Bradley's fun series about the child 'detective' Flavia, and I chose it because of its somewhat related title, "A Red Herring Without Mustard".  

Do you listen to books?  I'd love to hear your recommendations!

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