Dancing With The Stars (Pisaster giganteus)
Oil on Linen - 24" wide x 24" high
Original Oil Painting - For Sale

My husband shore dives off OceanView Blvd in Pacific Grove, California. (I only do boat dives now!) These two members of the Pisaster seastar family are unusual in that they look so similar to each other. He took my reference photos of them close to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I just love the "pose" they are in. It must be a rumba! Commonly called the Knobby Starfish or Giant-spined Seastar, they're in the same genus as the ochre seastar Pisaster ochraceus, you see those all along the California coast tidepools when it's a really low tide - both species love to eat mussels and other mollusks.
Contact Donna for price and availability at 707-328-5281 or dsscha@hotmail.com

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