Flora, the Flowering Cod

Here is Flora, the Flowering Cod, my decorated wooden codfish   This is the final photo that I took before I delivered her to back to Marblehead to be an entry in the annual Cod and Whale Auction. In this event, local artists decorate pre-made fish cutouts which are then displayed and auctioned off to benefit Marblehead Festival of Art. Since the day before, I of course had done a lot of cleanup and added additional coats of paint where needed.  But I also added some more leaves at the edges of the fish, to make the rows of flowers more symmetrical. Then of course I painted the sides (gold) and back (white), signed the back, and added hanging hardware.  Flora was ready to go to Marblehead.