Samphire, 18th of November 2016.

I drew and painted >> samphire (Crithmum maritimum) many times. The one above is from August this year, and the one below, viewed from above, from August last year.

The appearance of samphire changes throughout the year. The one from May is completely different from the one from October. They say that it should be picked and eaten or pickled in Spring, while it is still young. Leaves of samphire can be pickled, but they don't have much taste, at least according to my taste buds. Nevertheless, it is good to know that something so omnipresent at our coast is edible.

I drew it in year 2011, while I knew nothing about color (below). I remember the rock and the sea. One should descend at least 40 meters along a steep path where the rocks tumble. When returning, we stop at the ridge to look towards Crikvenica, Novi Vinodolski, and just on the corner, right at the end of the visible coastline, one can see a small part of Senj when the weather is clear.

And even earlier, in 2009, I constructed samphire in POVRay (below). Samphire has obviously been a year-long inspiration for me.

The image below is from entomology classic, >> British Entomology (1829-1840) by >> John Curtis (1791 - 1862). Each of 778 color illustrations has been engraved by Curtis himself. These illustrations of his are kept in Natural History Museum in London. It is interesting that samphire in his illustration does not appear as the "main character", as Curtis was entomologist. He was interested in the insect that is also shown on the painting (Coreus scapha) which resides in samphire.

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