Lionfish
by Lois Bryan
Title
Lionfish
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
Very happy to announce that "Lionfish" won third place in the Fine Art America contest "Underwater" 12/10/19 held by the Aether Art Group. Many thanks to the group and contest admin, Jeff Iverson and to everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners.
This colorful guy is a lionfish. He's loosely based on a photo I snapped at the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Baltimore Maryland a few years ago. Originally from the waters of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Indo-Pacific, The Lionfish is now considered an invasive species in the southeast coast of the U.S., the Caribbean, and in parts of the Gulf of Mexico. With his venomous spines and basically no predators, he's turning into quite a problem for the commercial fishing industry as well as our already endangered coral reefs.
This image was digitally hand-painted in Corel Painter with Wacom tablet and many distinct brushes, some unique to me. Based loosely on one of my own photos.
This image was NOT created using AI - Artificial Intelligence programs.
Fine art purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
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Comments (46)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular lionfish composition, lighting, shading, beautiful colors and artwork! F/L voted
Nancy Kane Chapman
Fabulous work, Lois....everything is wondrous!!! F/L+++ Congrats on your contest win too!!
Pamela Smale Williams
Gorgeous, king of the fish in this setting! The textures, the colors, and the details are absolutely beautiful Lois! The contrast of oranges and blue greens are an underwater eye catching festival as well! F/L and TWT at @ArtographyByPsw
Geeta Biswas
This is so wonderful Lois, I'm so impressed with the color and no wonder he won so much recognition !
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Nancy Lee Moran
The selective focus on the fish creates motion. I appreciate all the background "glitter" - which adds playfulness to the image. L/F
Kay Brewer
Incredible rendering of this beautiful little monster fish! Voted your entry in the Underwater contest. LF
Stuart Harrison
Had one of these critter for dinner last week. I must say looking a your wonderful rendition of this 'Lionfish' is much better than eating one. Very creative work Lois....well done.
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on “Lionfish” receiving Honorable Mention from “Artistic Aperture” group members in the avatar vote for June 2019.