Giant Pacific Octopus Young Pacific Octopus Baby Octopus making up an

Baby Octopus making up an image of my own hand and arm

I have been lucky enough to keep the original in my own collection thanks to a family member purchasing it at one of my gallery shows and gifting it back to me

these sleek swimmers come to feed on the bait fish created by the great upwelling along the west coast each summer

Indigo archival inks on mulberry bark paper

Giant Pacific Octopus Young Pacific Octopus Baby Octopus making up anThe giant Pacific octopus is a large eight legged marine cephalopod whose early ancestors were clam like creatures. Its range is California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Russia, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. It can be found from the intertidal zone down 6,600 ft, and is best adapted to cold, oxygen rich water. It is the largest octopus species, with an average weight of 33 lb and an arm span of 14 ft. Guinness World Records lists