Professional Turtle Artiste

Koopa's painting of the week Koopa is a professional turtle artist who makes a living selling his paintings on eBay. Koopa's most recent painting is at right. The image changes every 7-10 days, which means he gets more done than I do.

According to his website, Koopa the Box turtle "has been painting professionally for over 4 years." Supposedly, he treats the process as he would any enjoyable non-toxic mud bath. To me, this means he:

1) Locates mud
2) Real slow-like, gets into mud
3) Walks around slowly and muddily
Koopa's painting of the week 4) Poops in mud (this part is optional)
5) Uploads mud to eBay and begins 10-day auction

Don't turtles live for, like, 1,000 years? Over time this li'l hardshell could become as artistically developed and rock starry as Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Liberace combined. Minus the piano playing.

Bored? I recommend going to eBay and perusing their "Weird Stuff" category. That's how I found Koopa and www.turtlekiss.com. Careful though, some of the eBay listings are nasty.

Comments

Maureen said…
Awwww... what a cutie! I think it would be way cool to have one of his paintings...
October 31, 2007
P.L. Frederick said…
Me too! I've been tracking them on eBay but they go for like $100 or more. Of course in Canadian money that's $15. You could buy one with the change under seat cushions.

P.L. Frederick (SMALL & big)
January 10, 2008
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