The sea and our relationship with it. There are many fish on the endangered list, some small, others huge, but all part of the same system under great pressure.
Fellow West Country artist Jo Mortimer put me in touch with a new project being run from Lincolnshire called 200Fish. The project is being run by Biff Vernon and invites artists to choose from a list of 200 to create an artwork with a view to exhibiting and maybe selling for the charity.
After flicking through the list I chose the magnificent basking shark. This oil shows this gentle beast in a classic feeding stance; mouth agape near the surface, sifting out tiny plankton.
It has come to the attention of the BBC who have written an article using the shark I painted as the main image. As Biff says, the invitation stands for further artists, professional and hobbyists alike, to join in and see what they can do.