Exotic Fish

acrylic paint, aging & crackling varnish, collage, signed on reverse

digitally UV printed on sustainable MDF board

42 x 29 cm

When parental care in fish is provided, it is more commonly through paternal rather than maternal or bi-parental care. In addition to being mouth breeders,  some species continue to protect their young after they hatch, calling out to them when there is danger, and letting them swim back into their mouth to hold them safely. 

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