Underwater Tranquility

Acrylic on canvas, 12 X 16 in. Vicky Christensen

The story behind today's painting: A couple years ago my nephew posted a video on Facebook that was unbelievably beautiful. When he was snorkeling he came upon a large mass of fish, swimming en masse as if they were part of a single organism. The video is beautiful in the way it captures the light filtering through the ocean water and reflecting off the fish. This is my attempt to capture the essence of that video in a painting. All credit goes to my nephew.

Update: more information about the fish depicted in this painting. They are part of a large school of fish called Akule. Here is a link with more information.