This Kitty Mitchell or Strawberry Grouper was caught by a friend of mine on a deep water trip. There skin is very thick and leathery, holds the paint well, and makes a terrific original print. I have over six hours painting in just the white spots.

I got a call from my friend who said they were heading in from fishing shortly with a speacial fish. My neighbor’s Grandson had just caught his first Snook. After he told me the size, I cut some canvas and prepped everything to make some prints. Moments later they showed up at my dock with the fish. I thought it would be extra special if I let Aiden be part of the process. I love the excitement in this video and that he has a forever memory hanging on his wall!

I caught this Permit on a weekend fishing trip to the Keys, while fishing for small tarpon and bonefish. It was certainly a surprise to see this fish hit an atrificial shrimp in just 3’ of water. Then we managed to land it with out a net! It was a personal best for me and I was glad to have my canvas and paint with me.

Although this is one of the most difficult tasks, is also one of my favorites. I chose a canvas size to work with and print the same fish multiple times to create a school. After each print, the fish gets prepped and painted again. I try to create a random scene like you would see underwater with fish enterin and exiting the canvas. This particular school required 12 individual prints of the same fish.

I watched this hog fish change colors and light up from the surface in around 25’. The water was so clear this day I thought it was too small, so I swam down just to get a GoPro video. As I approached, I realized it was big enough, and lucky for me, he gave me a second chance and showed me the bullseye. I decided the finish project should look just like the fish in the video.

I was asked to donate art to an upcoming benifit for Breast Cancer Awareness and I wanted to come up with something unique pertaining to my art. I set out in my kayak soon after looking for the perfect fish. I decided to print This Redfish in pink and add the ribbon on the tail in place of the typical black spot.

I got a call from a buddy who said someone on his boat had speared a personal best African Pompano. He said it was in rough shape from knife wounds on the head but wanted a print. Spearfisherman do their best to brain the fish with a knife in order to preserve the meat and be more humane. I met them at the dock and said I would do my best to clean it up in the final print. It was a welcome challenge and Alex now has his trophy fish hanging on the wall.

Hogfish is one of my favorite fish to spear and eat. I placed a perfect kill shot on this one that also came out between the gills on the opposite side and left no exit wounds. Luckily I had two t-shirts ready to go. These two shirts were created specifically to wear to an upcoming art show and the fish was eaten for dinner the next night.

Yes, that is a sunken army tank that the fish is learking behind.

This fish was the winning fish at the fall King of the Beach Fishing tournament. Three members of the Winning Team got a print of this fish, and I got to make some smoked fish dip!