Turtle 2 Great Barrier Reef

An imagined scene on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland. A Greenback Turtle swims above Beaked Coral Fish, High-fin coral fish, Lined Butterflyfish, Purple Queen fish, Sting Ray, Humbug fish, Trigger Fish, and Moorish idol fish. Above Yellow Fin Tuna chase bait fish, while Sharks and a Manta Ray lurk in the distance. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's greatest natural wonders and is very complex, colourful, and changeable making it exciting to paint.
I’ve spent many hours studying the Great Barrier Reef, the fish, and varieties of corals, analyzing the way they grow, their patterns, colours, and the way they waft or swim in the currents. Painting the Great Barrier, where almost every imaginable creature and colour scheme exists; allows me to create a world where can extend my imagination. Nonetheless, I do make sure the fish and corals are from the Great Barrier Reef.

Acrylic on Stretched Canvas

48″ x 36″ ( 92 x 122cm}

Box/Float framed ready to hang

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"Art is a long journey of discovery"

John worked as an illustrator in the advertising world for over 15 years. Now retired, John is painting and drawing in earnest again, not that he ever stopped.
John’s Marine series draws on his early years as a member of Broken Bay Game Fishing Club and more importantly, on his years of sailing, and snorkeling around the islands of the Great Barrier Reef in the Whitsundays Queensland where John lived for many years.
Whether realistic or abstract, John creates visually engaging paintings. He draws the viewer into the scene, giving them an experience of a place or object.

‘Any day that I don’t paint or draw something, feels like a wasted day.’ - John N Mason