Shell Grotesques

Grotesque with horns and protruding tongue

Grotesque with curled horns and protruding tongue. The goatee beard composed from shards of quartz crystal .

Grotesque with horns and moustache set on a background of brilliant, yellow periwinkle shells.

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‘Hern’.

A shell portrait head with handlebar moustache fashioned from beach coral fragments. The mouth outlined with miniature, sections of dried crab shells.

‘Neptune’.

Shelled portrait head with protruding tongue in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The relief is set on a rectangular panel which has golden, textured background of crushed iron pyrite. Decorated boarders of striped nirite shells and mother -of- pearl abalone shells complete the over all design.

‘Shell Devil’.

Black tongue Devil set on a blue painted background.

‘The Jester’.

A cheeky shelled portrait head resembling a court Jester with pointed tongue.

‘Carnaval Queen’.

A shelled grotesque with sea glass brows and a headdress of brightly coloured pecten shells.

‘Beauty’.

‘The Beast’.