The pencil drawing was created from a tattoo on my wedding ring finger.  The tattoo has a story which evolved over many years involving a marriage to my second wife which lasted from 1997-2007.  It was modified in 2008 at the request of a woman who I began seeing.  She dumped me in 2010.  I then added the circle on the top for myself and have been single ever since.  :)

Original graphite drawing on paper by Greg Frucci, 2010.  Inspired by a desire to "Take Off" into the world after a failed relationship and a loss of career direction, I found peace in the creation of this image and it's becoming a symbol of the solo sailing adventure I embarked upon in 2011.

Upon the return to Wilmington, North Carolina by plane from Bermuda after leaving my 30' sailboat in Bermuda for repairs, I created this drawing in a sketchbook of the beautiful white bird which came to see me each morning of the eight day crossing from Wilmington to Bermuda.  I did not know what species of bird it was until I arrived alone in Bermuda.  I looked at a postcard in a small store in St. Georges, Bermuda and saw the bird.  Flipping the postcard over, I saw the inscription, "Bermuda Longtail...the national bird of Bermuda."  

I sent the postcard to a woman I love, "Muse."

"Metamorphosis" is a digital combination of "Compass Rose" and "Bermuda Longtail" and appears on the front cover of my first book, Inspiration From A Muse: Poems To Her and the back cover of my second book, Path of Three Hundred: Volume 1.

Every image tells a story and I could write a book about this one...oh wait...I did...twice.  :)

Oil, spray paint and watercolor on canvas while thinking about the sailing adventure of 2011.

Oil, spray paint and watercolor on canvas while thinking about the sailing adventure of 2011.

Oil, spray paint and watercolor on canvas while thinking about the sailing adventure of 2011.

Original title of this pencil drawing on paper was "Fisheye" and was the second in a series.