Lion Fish Painting

Lion Fish is my absolute favorite work to date! All of my works are experiments. I see a color palette or a technique that moves me. Light wash, metallic silver splatter, water, wipe and emboss was the genisis with Lion Fish. Once this blue and grey became my background, I used thick lime, green and yellow to pat out shapes in what I thought would become floating leaves in an arc of wind. The next day, I extended the edges of those leaves with an outline using the edge of a knife the next day, and they became fish! On another, I grew their tail fans into explosions, and the next I interwove the orange fire that became a tidal wave of power. Last was the punch I gave to the bubbles with pearlescent metallic white. Anything that moves that fast creates this kind of turbulence. Do you know what a real Lion Fish looks like? If you do, you'll understand. Lion Fish arrives prewired, ready to hang. Copyright Notice Heather W. Ernst holds exclusive rights over her work and reproductions issued by her or by an authorized representative. Her work is protected by the World Intellectual Property Organization [WIPO], the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic works, by all international copyright agreements, and by the Library of Congress of the United States of America. Any attempt to copy or reproduce or to create derivative works from any material works or art displayed online shall be legally prosecuted.