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MakoSOLD (40cm x 48cm (16" x 19") Acrylic on fabriano) Craig Bertram Smith Please contact craig@wildlifeartist. co. za for enquiries or if you would like to get a commission painted. The mako shark, which is from the lamnidae family (Mackerel sharks), is robust and highly adapted to its high paced life. It hunts some of the fastest fish in the ocean like a range of tuna, billfish, dorado and many other pelagic's. Hooked mako's are often seen clearing the

The lighting was also a challenge and by trying different options in my sketches and in the painting

commissioned (90cm x 60cm (36" x 24") Acrylic on board)

SOLD (91cm x 61cm (36" x 24") Oil on canvas)

the torpedo shaped predators are able to burst at some of the oceans fastest speeds recorded by any fish

The conditions

It is very important to me to understand how light behaves underwater and also how the fish moves

This allowed me to add in a typical waterside mix of flora against a backdrop of the characteristic hills and peaks

A dead fish to me is pointless

Also known as the pignose grunter

in this case

In painting “Blazing Glory ”

with its olive green to yellow appearance and dorsal and tail fins lined with intense orange or red