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Artist: Deep Hawaii Art
Title: "SGT Pepper and Salt" the Sergeant Majors Gyotaku
Medium: Custom gyotaku reproduction on cold press paper embellished with Prismacolors and ink pen.
Size: 16" x 20" (Frame Size)
Lāna`i artist Kristin Belew painstakingly embellished this life-size reproduction of her Gyotaku print with Prismacolors.
Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese style of fish printing where each original piece of art is taken right from the fish. Kristin applies acrylic paint to the actual fish then presses rice paper onto the specimen to receive the paint. She then adds in details! Each fish is eaten or used for bait afterwards.
Fun Facts from Kristin:
These little Sergeant major fish are known as Mamo in Hawaiian and can be found throughout the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic. They typically stay near the surface to feed on zooplankton and are often caught using a small bamboo pole and bread as bait! There are two similar species that congregate together and I printed one of each. One of the species has the coolest latin name, Abudefduf saxatilis. Please read that name out loud and enjoy that it will get stuck in your head. These fish are small, but they are fierce protectors of their egg nests. During mating season, females will lay thousands of eggs that create large purple patches on the rocks. Both partners will guard these eggs with their lives and attack any fish that get too close. Although they are beautiful little fish, Mamo are tasty as well! People typically eat them pan-fried and whole.
Category: Deep Hawaii Art
