Width 55cm, height 50cm. Oil on board.

The mandarin goby fish (Synchiropus splendidus). These are some of the most colourful animals in existance. I decided to paint them in close up to create a kind of natural abstract.

Width 55cm, height 50cm. Oil on board.

This is another mandarin fish closeup. The actual size of this on the fish would be about 1cm square.