The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166522   Message #4159299
Posted By: Donuel
30-Nov-22 - 11:01 AM
Thread Name: MOAB - Mother of All BS [annex]
Subject: RE: MOAB - Mother of All BS [annex]
Should I OVERSELL or undersell this painting? :

OPAL OCEAN. Over 5lbs. (2kg.) of resplendent opals depict a serene shallow sea with an explosion of seabed life for opal lovers. There are over 200 treasured colorful precious, common, and gem opals. The opals are polished, carved, or raw, artfully displaying a feast of opal variations brilliantly on every surface of this masterpiece. Shelf sized - 13x7x6.5 inches. There are adventures in a fractal fantasy micro world of natural opal. Other materials include steel epoxy, E 6000, island foliage, and a cat whisker. Twenty-five years in the designing and millions of years in the creation there are 22 African opals added recently but no doublets or triplets. There is also one suspected simulant opal and one Indonesian scenic stone of volcanic glass. This collection includes a magnifying glass with lights to highlight the play of fire instead of rolling the stones with butterfingers.
The pedestal is made of Australian boulder opal slabs and the shallow blue-green sea and dolphins are of Peruvian origin. Hidden details may take years to discover. The artist considers this the 9th symphony in opal. Many   Australian miners, carvers, and polishers contributed to this artwork, each bringing life to these vintage living stones containing 6% water. The opals are assembled into a world ranging from the monstrous to the sublime. To my knowledge, something like this has never existed before. There is room for your favorites to be added on the rear vertical rock wall. Sorry, there is no room to describe each of the 200+ opals. Please magnify pictures although not all opals can be photographed. With no provenance/history, this 'new' artwork was rejected sight unseen by Sotheby's. Their loss may be your gain.


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This dust catcher is made of very old sand that shines or makes strange patterns. Be the first on your block to buy this whatchamacallit.