No more perfect design exists than the deep sea Nautilus Shell. Collections of shells from both the Atlantic and Pacific fill the nooks and corners of this artist's home and garden, and their beauty is perfectly captured by this painting. Its colors are luminescent, like the pearl tones of the shell, and the repeated designs are mindful of the Fibonacci principle of geometry. Colors of deep turquoise set off the whiteness of the shells and evoke a deep-sea feeling. The white in this watercolor, is bare paper. This is a highly skilled rendering of the white and color contrasts in saturated watercolor painting. The background of squares deliberately sets off the roundness of the foreground subjects, and gives a three dimensional quality.