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This is an original painting (not a print) of an Indian Halibut in the traditional Japanese style u201cgyotaku".

Size 34 * 46 cm ~ 13.4 * 18.1 inches

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Gyotaku is a Japanese technique of fish printing with the aid of rice paper and ink. It was invented by fishermen to fix their lucky fishing results and brag about them. Now gyotaku is also a form of art and may be used to make prints of octopuses, squids, shrimps, and other sea creatures.
An important part of gyotaku is to eat fish after printing, so I always do.

Initially, gyotaku is a form of art invented by fishermen, not artists so basically it's a set of simple manipulations with the aim of simple materials and tools.
I appreciate Japanese simplicity and continuity so I prefer not to add a lot of color and background after printing is completed, so my gyotaku looks more natural and close to the original fishermen samples.

As a professional artist painting in traditional Japanese and Chinese ways, I elevate the performance quality to a higher professional level:
1. I mounted every single piece of paper with my gyotaku on an additional paper layer, so it looks firm without any wrinkles. This practice is always used by Japanese and Chinese artists when they work with rice paper
2. Here I used an innovative set of authentic but unusual materials: beige rice paper with gold shining particles and Chinese black ink. The result looks unique and impressive - a halibut shines on the dark background!


A red square with hieroglyphs is "to reveal great in the small things". It was carved by one of the best masters specially for me.

The painting is sold unframed.

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