An Artistic Rendition of My Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab
I have again been privileged to have another one of my photographs artistically recreated, this time by Florida artist Deborah Matz. She specializes in sea life acrylic paintings and artwork.
Here is my photo…..
And here is Debbie’s 24″ x 36″ painting rendition…..
Truly makes me long for a big, fat juicy Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab cooked in Old Bay seasoning right now!
Deborah’s painting is absolutely wonderful! Such detail!! I would love to see it in person at 24″ x 36″, it has to be impressive at that size. I am honored and appreciate her in requesting permission to paint my photo. She does lovely larger-than-life work of all types of sea life, check her website out if you get a chance! You’ll love them all!
UPDATE 4/10/18: In my comments section below, I received another artist’s request to draw my ‘crab’, Burton Keeble. I am honored at another request, thank you Burton! He just completed his drawing and sent it to me. WOW, stunning with such detail! Gorgeously done, Burton, thank you for sharing with me!!
Wow, she really did a fabulous job on this painting!
I love crab! I don’t think I’ve had this type though.
Thanks Deborah! If you love crab, you would LOVE these! I can sit for hours with a pile before me and bottled beer on ice to wash them down! 🙂
YUM! When do we eat? 🙂
It looks good………!
They are fabulous! 🙂
Wow, this painting is stunning! I’ve never seen an acrylic painting this beautiful! Triple wow, Donna! Love the photo too!
Deborah did an awesome job! If you have a chance check out her jellyfish paintings, I fell in love with one of them! And the turtles, and the……I could go on and on. 🙂
Donna … I did another painting of your blue crab. It is in an angle . I tried to tag you . Please go to my Facebook page and then artwork page
Heading there now, thanks!
Love the photo and the painting. I could see the painting made into a puzzle. 🙂
Wouldn’t that be awesome! I used to do 1000 pc puzzles with my Mom, she was excellent at them. She’d have love this one, especially with how much she loved eating crabs! 🙂
Great painting by Deb, Donna!
She did an awesome job! Thanks!
Wow! Your photo is great and the painting is wonderful! Her work is very beautiful, I just checked her gallery. And yes, those Chesapeake Bay blue crabs are the best!!
Thanks, Helen! Deborah is quite talented, and yes, the crabs are in on the Chesapeake Bay and I’m not there. May have to ship some crab cakes to us when we get settled somewhere! 😉
beautiful!
Thanks Jodi! 🙂
Superb, both of them.
Thanks so much!
Fantastic… by both artists! our Dungeness crab doesn’t have that shocking blue, but I bet they’re equally tasty.
Thanks Gunta! I have not had the opportunity to try a Dungeness crab but I’m game!
I shall wait for your assessment! 🙂
I really love this, Donna. Your photo is stunning, and I love the way that Deborah has emphasised the facial features. It makes me feel really sorry for poor Mr.Crabby. 😕
Thanks, Sylvia! Deborah did awesome detail work. I can feel sorry too, but only for so long when it’s time to cook and eat them. 😲
That is a lovely rendition-I am glad that she first sought your permission
It is, thanks Jane!
A very nice interpretation.
It is, thanks Tom!
Very nice!! Of course it is a delight because your photo is a delight! Hugs
Thanks so much, Beth! Hugs!
Beautiful artwork by you and Deborah, Donna. I’ve never seen a blue crab — they’re so pretty.
Thanks so much, Jet. The females have the beautiful brighter blue hue, and the one in my photo had just been caught by a local crabber along a public pier. Females are not allowed to be kept, and this one was no exception as I snapped the shot before they pushed her back into the water. 🙂
If you ever have the opportunity to take a similar photograph of a crab on a dock please get a hold of me and let me paint another one. The people went crazy over it. My prints are selling very well on this painting. I love very close up shots. I think the crab on the dock makes it very relatable for the Destin, Florida area. I appreciate your skills and copyrights. Thank you for allowing me to paint from your beautiful photograph. There are several more from your collection that I am interested in painting. I will request permission and give you photography credit on each and every one. Thank you Donna !
Congratulations on the grand interest in your crab painting, Debbie! Let me know what others when you get ready for another painting! As always, thanks so much for asking permission. 🙂
Wow this is beautiful! Very inspiring. I love anything that reminds me of water 🙂
Thanks so much, Debbie recreated a beautiful painting. I love anything ‘water’ too, something about water is so relaxing! 🙂
Never seen a blue crab up close. Very cool and great painting!
Thanks so much for commenting and stopping by! The blue crab is quite cool-looking, I love their beautiful coloring. Debbie’s rendition is wonderful!
That is a wonderful painting. I love the colors.
Debbie brought out the colors awesomely, thanks for the comments!
I am just getting into drawing and was looking for a good subject. I googled for Chesapeake Blue Crab and found your photo. Evidently, Debbie had the same idea and she did a great job with her formal painting. I hope it’s ok for me to draw my sketch and post it on my FB page.
Hi Burton, you are more than welcome to use my photo for your drawing. I only ask that you give my photo credit with my name. Please send me an email when you’ve posted your drawing to your facebook. If it is okay with you, I in turn will post your drawing on my blog with credit to you as well! Happy sketching!! 🙂 Donna Wadsley
Hi Donna, Thank you! Attribution is very important to me also. I’ll let you know when I get some results. What is your e-mail address?
donna.wadsley@gmail.com Thanks Burton, have fun!
Thanks. I put it in my address book.
I’m into technical illustration (realistic rendering). What makes your photo so appealing to me is the background. I love the wood and especially that knot. I’m going to start out with graphite pencil but might do a second drawing using colored pencils. Stay tuned 😉
Ok, I finally finished my drawing of your crab, Donna.
I’m trying to figure out how to upload it here….
Hi Burton, so nice to hear from you! I received your drawing via email, it is gorgeous!! I will upload your drawing here and in a new post shortly. Just moved several days ago, I’m amidst a chaos of boxes! 🙂
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Do you sell prints of your photography?
Hi Tami, yes I do. You can contact me through email at donna.wadsley@gmail.com. Thank you!!