Deep Reef Impression

10 x 8"

oil on stretched canvas

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I am trying to get away from my perfectionist leanings that prevent me from completing paintings. I'll occasionally do a painting like this one to help me loosen up on my 'normal' paintings.

There is a fish in this image, a Stoplight Parrotfish, right in the middle of the canvas. This coral formation is called Spur and Groove. Sand between long narrow coral heads, the sand eventually falling off into the deep sea.