Dancers - 56 x 76cm

*FRAMING NOTE: the option to purchase this piece framed refers to the timber frame, not the gold frame.

A watercolour, acrylic and gouache piece, 56x76 cm on 640GSM hot-press paper. These sharks are Oceanic White-Tips, a beautiful shark which is one of the many critically endangered species, due to unsustainable fishing and shark finning practices.

Dancers features three Oceanic White-tip sharks. Usually a solitary animal favouring deep water, seeing three is a rare sight for anyone, and to see three equidistant from each other in a dance-like formation is something that only the very lucky might ever witness. It is my intention with this work that people see not only something they are unlikely to experience firsthand, but also something that they may not be open-minded to seeing beauty in, given the way that sharks are so often vilified. The harmony of the ocean, to which these apex predators are so crucial to keeping in balance, needs to become associated with these animals, if the practices forcing them into endangerment and extinction are to be addressed and prevented.