An ocean sunfish, the Mola mola, the strangest big fish in the sea: a head with fins and no tail, painted in grey, slate and violet with the white spots of the skin dotted over it and the small round eye and mouth drawn in. Lilac washes and splatter around it. It is a portrait format and goes to divers and to people who have seen one basking at the surface. The orangespotted sunfish is a different, much smaller fish.
Why it is a limited edition
Each print is made in an edition of 150, and I sign and number every copy in pencil under the image. The edition is small so that every copy can be made properly: the file is scanned from the painting itself, printed on museum-quality cotton paper with archival pigment inks, compared with the original in daylight and corrected until the colours match, and only then signed. When the last copy is sold, the edition closes for good.
Paper, inks and sizes
- Archival pigment inks on acid-free, museum-quality watercolor paper, so the texture of the original is kept
- Framed canvas options in a black wooden frame, ready to hang
- 15 sizes, from 8 x 10 in (20 x 26 cm) to 40 x 55 in (100 x 140 cm)
- Small sizes ship flat in rigid cardboard, large sizes rolled in a hard tube, worldwide with tracking
The frame is not included unless the option says Framed Canvas. Not sure which size fits your wall? Write to me with the width of the furniture under it and I will suggest one. Reproduction rights remain with the artist.
Austin –
Love the piece. It is beautiful.
Shopaholic –
Shipment was super fast and the painting is super pretty. Such a great gift for Christmas.