Dhufish
89 x 49cm
Acrylic on canvas
2017
*Gyotaku (Japanese 魚拓, from gyo “fish” + taku “rubbing”) is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing may have been used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an artform of its own.
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art / dhufish / fish / gyotaku / nature / painting