Name: Spiny Brittle Star - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 91800
Availability: InStock

Spiny Brittle Star – Signed Fine Art Print

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Spiny Brittle Star:

The Spiny Brittle star is a member of the family Ophiothricidae, which ophiurid brittle stars within the infraorder Gnathophiurina. All have arms with delicate translucent, thorny spines. The arms are flexible in all directions. Spiny Brittle Stars are found from Northern California down the coasts southwards to Peru. They are also found in Galapagos Islands. These invertebrates occur in incredible numbers on the seafloor. In kelp forests near La Jolla in southern California, millions of them may carpet the seafloor in layers up to an inch thick. Brittle stars live in an incredible range of water depth from the shoreline down to 6,755 feet (2,059 meters).

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Description

Fine art illustration of a Spiny Brittle Star (Ophiothrix spiculata.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Spiny Brittle Star was completed on 1.24.2014. My friend’s young son recently was diagnosed with cancer on his neck. This news of course devastated me and I could only imagine what it did to my friend, his wife and their family. Before the child went into surgery (which thankfully was successful) I leaned he had a great interest in starfish. So I purchased a few item online and had them send to the hospital. I was told later the toddler held onto to one of the items – a plastic starfish – all through the surgery. I decided to create a collage of starfish which I will send to my friend to give to his son. The drawing is based on a photo by Ron Wolf and was used with permission.

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