Surviving Fish | Whimsical Vintage Fish Illustration Wall Art Print

About Surviving Fish

Three fish sit one above the other on a flat sea-green background, each drawn in fine black engraving lines with visible scale hatching, dotted lateral lines and feathered fins. The largest swims across the top of the panel, a mid-sized one follows below it, and a small fish occupies the lower third. Every fish has been given a round white googly eye with a loose black pupil, sitting oddly bright against the detailed antique linework. The background carries a mottled, lightly speckled texture like aged paper or dyed cloth.

The joke sits with the smallest fish, which wears a bright red triangular shark fin strapped on with thin drawn cord and a tiny bow beneath its belly. It is a dry, deadpan piece of visual humour, quiet in colour and very precise in its drawing.

Suits kitchens, dining rooms and beach house hallways where the muted sea green sits well against white or timber walls. Works in a child's room or a home office as a conversation piece. Pair it with other line-drawn natural history prints, rattan, pale oak furniture and simple black or natural timber frames. Browse more blue art, green art, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.