Reef Fish Painting Size:8"x12" Below the bare rock face

Below the bare rock face

Fine droplets of water dust the petals and a scatter of bokeh floats in the dim

A horizontal arrangement of pink peonies spills across the frame in classical still-life fashion

gnarled and braided with age

the globe reveals swirling white cloud

Reef Fish Painting Size:8"x12" Below the bare rock faceSunlight filters down through deep blue water in this photographic reef scene, striking the coral garden that fills the lower half of the composition. Yellow tangs and a pale butterflyfish drift among heads of pink, magenta and cream coral, while a violet striped fish hovers to the right and shoals of small orange bodies scatter into the distance. The colour is dense and saturated, yet the far water fades to a soft cobalt haze that lends the picture