More about the prints: The 24 x 18 size print is the one and only ‘Unique’. What this means is that it is the only print that was produced at this size and - to make it even more special, - I hand embellished the entire image extensively.
Both of these prints were custom framed in beautiful black lacquer frames for a print exhibition and can be removed from the frame and purchased OR Options are available below to purchase the framed prints at frame price near my wholesale price. This offer could not be duplicated.
About the image: These prints are from an original oil painting that I was inspired to paint after my years of living in Hawaii and a pure desire to try my hand at painting some underwater images that I had become familiar with at the galleries while we were living there.
Our home when we lived in Hawaii was located above Captain Cooks Bay on the Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii which is a well-known spot where people would come to swim with the dolphins. So, for sure I had dolphins on my mind to include in whatever I was painting and right in line for me at the time- we now had a son and I was thinking of this when I painted the dolphins in the image and named the painting Family.
When painting Family, I was also calling on fond memories of favorite shallow water snorkeling in Hawaii, which is all that I was ever comfortable with. That said, when one was swimming at the right ‘special’ spots, one could still see incredible colorful fish.
Family, as with the painting Underwater World is more of a fantasy scene that I put together first on paper in a drawing than it is an absolute reality of anything I experienced first-hand. These may be colorful fish I enjoyed seeing but it was never in this ideal lighting nor from this depth.
This is a very finely detailed image with lots to enjoy. The calming blue color is also just beautiful.
The Limited Edition Prints:
- 3 sizes: 36x 24, the one 24 x 18 ‘unique’ and 14 x 10
- There are 300 total in the 36 x 24 Cibachrome Edition and 120 of the 14 x 10 size prints on canvas
- Printed using archival inks for the canvas or archival quality photo paper for the Cibachromes
- Each print is signed and numbered by the artist
- The canvas prints come stretched and ready to frame
- The one 'unique' 24 x 18 print is mounted (and framed at this time!) as is the one 36 x 24 Cibachrome print
- Come with a Certificate of Authenticity
