Abalone Shell Vision

I was looking at this Non-Objective painting today while I was working on the portrait project of the prior posting, and had a vision of an Abalone shell painted using the non-ob stuff for the background. So I sketched in the outline of a nice shell that I had on the table where I was working outside and then had to stop and contemplate the shell before really getting started on the meat of the painting. I did about 7 or 8 paintings of Ab shells in the 80s, culminating with a large (48" x 66") format oil on canvas that took 3 years to complete. This one isn't that big, but it is substantial at 30" x 40". I'll keep you informed of it's progress.