Feeding Frenzy (oil on metal)

This original oil painting was created on a piece of aluminum that has been prepared with gesso. The ultra-smooth surface provides a beautiful, creamy appearance to the oil paint. This painting depicts a humpback whale and seabirds feeding on herring. The humpback whale is trap feeding, a strategy that involves the whale keeping still in the water with it's mouth open, offering "shelter" from the feeding birds. The fish go into the whale's mouth thinking it might be a safe place to hide, but then the whale closes its mouth and eats the fish. The painting is signed on the back and there is a signed and titled card attached to the back of the frame. 

Size: 11" x 16" (outside size of frame) 
Framing notes: Professionally framed in a dark stained, wood frame. Wired on the back and ready to hang.