Deep Hawaii Art: Unframed Griffin the Goatfish Gyotaku - Mike Carroll Gallery

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Artist: Deep Hawaii ArtTitle: "Griffin" the Goatfish GyotakuMedium: Embellished Reproduction Print. Media: Acrylic paint, Micron ink pen and watercolor background, Urauchi flattened Rice paper Size: Unframed size: 16" x 20". Lāna`i artist Kristin Belew painstakingly created this life-size reproduction of her Gyotaku print. 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: This manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) is known as Moano in Hawaiian. These goatfish cruise around the sea floor using their whisker-like barbels to search for food. This exact species of fish are also what we use to find octopus. Moanos often find octopus