Hand embellished Custom reproduction piece.
Size: Approximately 40" x 24"
This species of tuna (Euthynnus affinis,) is known as Kawakawa in Hawaiian (pronounced Kava-kava.)  We often find these fish “boiling” or in a feeding frenzy near bait balls or highly concentrated groups of smaller bait fish. Since there are so many hungry fish in one area, we often catch more than one.  These tuna have crazy, colorful, shiny striped patterns on their anterior dorsal side. These tuna have very dark red meat and are very rich in flavor.  This was Victoria's fist ocean catch and we wanted to commemorate it! Captain Ricky who drove the charter provided a photo of the exact lure that was used to catch this beauty so I was able to recreate that as well. 
Original Media: Acrylics, watercolor pencils, Prismacolors on Rice paper
Embellished Media: Prismacolors on archival giclée reproduction