Turtle Aquabatics

Have you ever been to Hawaii? If not, surely you have dream of that trip of a lifetime that will find you sunning yourself in the white sand while swimming in the blue abyss of the tropical warm water of the Pacific. Taking the time to look at the sunny, blue sky, you capture a glance at the sea turtle as he maneuvers around underneath the warm Hawaiian sun, taking some time to bask in the sun while again entering the water to cool his body. This art print, called The "Turtle Aquabatics" by artist Neil Shaw, gives some insight into the Hawaiian Sea Turtle's underwater lifestyle and world. He noted during his observation that the design, shape, and mode of travel of the Sea Turtle are amazingly aerobatic to say the least. This tropical art print has Shaw pointing out what he observed by showing through his painting three sea turtles in a formation that mimics that of a "follow the leader" style while swooping and turning in graceful motion at the same precise moment. Shaw gives us the illusion of movement or a time lapse relative to the Hawaiian sea turtles relationship to each other by the way he composed this painting.

If you take time to really study this tropical art, you can be totally absorbed into the graceful moves that Hawaiian sea turtles perform. It is certainly this grace in their movements that provided Shaw with the desire to observe and paint these beautiful tropical creatures. One cannot help but become intrigued by the way they move in and out of the water, following in formation, and then back again into the water with a graceful swoop. Can anyone of us even think of entering and exiting the water with as much graceful motion as the tropical Hawaiian sea turtle?

If you study the picture closely, you can also visualize the sea turtles leaving the water to perform the aquabatics before they once again enter the warm, tropical water to cool themselves before attempting more airborne maneuvers. How fun it must have been for Shaw to watch these Hawaiian sea turtles as he pondered how to approach the idea of painting this beautiful tropical Hawaiian scene. More than beautiful, an art print such as this one reminds one of being on a tropical island, and reaching into the mind of the artist, one can see the wonderment that he must have felt when he picked up his brush to capture a moment in the life of these Hawaiian sea turtles. In tropical Hawaiian style, it's time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the scenery, though only in our minds and dreams.

Tropical art enthusiasts would certainly love to adorn their walls with this elegant Hawaiian sea turtle art print. The original art print was an oil on canvas 36" x 36" that was reproduced in high definition. After that has been completed, using the Giclee print process, the image is sprayed onto fine art canvas and paper. This process provides such as excellent print quality that it is almost impossible to distinguish the copy from the original. You can purchase these tropical fine art prints, signed, limited edition Giclees on canvas in the original 36" x 36" or in smaller sizes.

Once you glance at these art prints, you cannot help but want to take them home to adorn your walls. Scenes such as these are not only beautiful, they are also relaxing as are any prints that depict water or nature scenes. When you study something that is so serene, you cannot help but feel the need to own one. Watching the sea turtles and their aquabatics can help one concentrate on any task at hand as it allows you to pass into that stage of your existence where you feel peace and comfort within nature. There is no other peace within oneself as great as that one experiences when allowing the beauty of nature to enter within the inner self while observing an art print.

You can find the matted and framed art prints reproduced in Giclees or the larger prints with canvas floater frames. For any further information, contact the Neil Shaw Collection.