This is one of my husbands favorites to fish for.
False albacore vary in color from steel blue to a bluish/green on their upper sides, quickly becoming pale silver/white on their sides and underbelly. They are easily distinguished by also having wavy markings on their back above the lateral line and by having three to five very distinct black dots going from their pectoral fin to the mid-section of their body. A member of the tuna family, it is a heavy-bodied fish, shaped like a torpedo, with a slender and deeply forked tailfin. The teeth are small and conical. Like the other tunas, false albacore have no swimbladder and therefore must remain moving from the moment they're born or they will die.
acrylics on gesso board
33 Comments
Sandra S. Corona 09 May 2013
Bravo!mark ross 25 Oct 2012
beautiful work !Caballero Salguero 03 Mar 2012
Marvelous False Albacore Renata,lovely details,very well done. great artwork and true fish on luminous photograph.Wonderful. Pepe!Anonymous Guest 31 Jan 2012
Very nice job on this fish!!Elizabeth Janus 28 Sep 2011
What a beauty ... as usual very good job ..in my eyes you shine Lady ...George Wallis 28 Aug 2011
excellent color and detailsFrancis Blas 20 Aug 2011
Love the colors on the painting! Nice catch! ^_^gerry logan 28 Jul 2011
fantastic capture for you both. He looks very proud of that catch and you as always did a fantastic job with the likeness of the fish and interesting commentary so a fantastic job for you bothAqua1955 27 Jul 2011
Wow a great life like work :)Calvin McFarlane 20 Jul 2011
Aw Renata, this is so very very lovely....John Cappello 20 Jul 2011
UNCANNY (fish)Leslie Carty 19 Jul 2011
nice work ,, as per alwaysMia Bailey Hopper 19 Jul 2011
That is a big fish! what a beautiful place =)Mark Adams 19 Jul 2011
Excellent painting. Looks like you have employed a different style to a lot of your other works.debbie collier 18 Jul 2011
Excellent work!!Matthew Campbell 18 Jul 2011
Well donejamie winter 17 Jul 2011
fantastic!Gayle Taylor 16 Jul 2011
WOW! You've outdone yourself!!!Anonymous Guest 15 Jul 2011
Very cool and unexpected from you,LOL. Great job!Jim Cavanaugh 15 Jul 2011
I love it baby! I hope they come in strong this year too. Thanks for another cool painting, you're awesome. Love yaAndrew Dragh 15 Jul 2011
Neat!!Anonymous Guest 15 Jul 2011
Neat!!craig moline 15 Jul 2011
Wonderful work Renata.. That really is a beautiful looking fish with very unusual markings.Shahram S. Nahavandi 15 Jul 2011
Just beautiful dear Renata....! ShahramMarika Seprenyi (Antal) 15 Jul 2011
Wow!! Super!!mel taylor 15 Jul 2011
So BEAUTIFUL, Renata!!! Very interesting, also!Anonymous Guest 15 Jul 2011
Beautiful job on this Renata! xoxo ChristyRoz Eve 15 Jul 2011
Wow so different from your usual work. What a good rendition.Terry Bullard 15 Jul 2011
Nicely done - I liked the info too.Katerina Koukiotis 15 Jul 2011
fantastic fish painting!! thanks for all the info too :)Cathy Holford 15 Jul 2011
That is so cool!Anonymous Guest 15 Jul 2011
HEy looks great. Very interesting as well as very well done peice of work.Steve Farr 15 Jul 2011
This is SPLENDID, Renata!! You are such a versatile artist!! Love it!! I'm sure your husband does too! A great mantle piece!!!~S