My hubby used to go spear fishing for California halibut all the time when the our kids were young. California halibut can get almost as big as Alaskan halibut, which is super big. On one fishing trip down in Monterey, someone had speared a halibut so big the only way he could get a photo of it was to throw it over the hood of his Jeep. It cover the whole front of the car. Our local dive shop had a photo wall of the local catches. As a joke, we took photo of one of hubby's smaller halibuts over the kids' toy jeep. This has to be one of my favorite photos. My daughter (just a toddler then) jumped right in the jeep and posed with that cheesy grin.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
My hubby used to go spear fishing for California halibut all the time when the our kids were young. California halibut can get almost as big as Alaskan halibut, which is super big. On one fishing trip down in Monterey, someone had speared a halibut so big the only way he could get a photo of it was to throw it over the hood of his Jeep. It cover the whole front of the car. Our local dive shop had a photo wall of the local catches. As a joke, we took photo of one of hubby's smaller halibuts over the kids' toy jeep. This has to be one of my favorite photos. My daughter (just a toddler then) jumped right in the jeep and posed with that cheesy grin.
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