Blue Crab Social, 18x24, Acrylics, is one of my first acrylic paintings; it is, for me, a happy painting with fun colors and lines. I struggled with the paint drying so fast and had to go back and get those wonderful purply colors that I just could not seem to mix for myself. The purples and blues and finally the plants, which I had to just slow down and paint, leaf by leaf, finally came together into a wonderful party scene. I can just imagine the crab having sent out invitations to the elements in the painting, and all came together finally, into this party of symbolism.