Whelk And Other Seashells On Beach
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Whelk And Other Seashells On Beach
Artist
Sandi OReilly
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Mixed Media - Mixed Media, Digital Art
Description
These shells washed up on the beach after a tropical storm that came though and I captured them. There were different kinds of whelk shells and other seashells all along the beach from being washed up by tropical storm Beryl the day we came to the beach. We arrived shortly after the last bands of the storm were coming through. I painted on canvas a background and then digitally painted from the photo on the computer with brushes to come up with this image.
Whelks are snails with beautiful shells. If you see something on the beach that looks like a "seashell," it's probably the shell of a whelk. There are over 50 species of whelks. Whelks have a spiraled shell which varies in size and shape. These animals can vary in size from under an inch in length (shell length) to more than 2 feet. The largest whelk is the trumpet whelk, which grows to over 2 feet. Whelk shells vary in color. Whelks have a muscular foot that they use to move and hold prey. They also have a hard operculum that closes the shell's opening and is used for protection. To breathe, whelks have a siphon, a long tube-like organ which is used to bring in oxygenated water. This siphon allows the whelk to burrow in the sand while still getting oxygen. Whelks feed using an organ called the proboscis. The proboscis is made up of the radula, esophagus, and mouth.
Fine Art Whelk And Other Seashells On The Beach Mixed Media Digital Artwork by Sandi OReilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted in the US and Internationally. No use of this image without my permission.
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March 25th, 2020
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