Description
Alien #7 This is a larval-stage Mexican Flounder (Cyclopsetta chittendeni). Larger than most pelagic creatures in the Aliens Collection, this fish is 2.5″, making it the largest and prettiest of it’s species that I’ve ever seen. It’s right eye has actually begun the transition of migrating over to it’s left side, so within a few days, it will have both eyes on the same side, and settle into it’s life on the sea floor as an adult flounder. I found this specimen near the end of my dive at around 20′ deep (remember, this is in the open ocean, and there’s ~700′ of water beneath me), and was able to spend about 15 minutes with it, as it strangely went up to the ocean’s surface several times, and back down to 15-20′, always moving slowly in a constant rhythmic swimming motion, as if it couldn’t care less if I continued snapping away frame after frame. As I sucked the last few breaths of air from my scuba tank, looking down at it from the surface, I waved goodbye to what appeared a miniature flying carpet blowing in the wind, and wished it well in the days to come, where it will find a sandy bottom, and become one of the ocean’s best camouflaged lie-in-wait predators
For printing, we offer the Aliens as squares on either aluminum or canvas, but they are customizable into other shapes if your design plan requires it. You can purchase this luxury wall art online in standard sizes, but if you’d like to discuss a custom crop or size, please contact one of our design consultants at the art gallery. Perhaps our most popular arrangement for Aliens is a grouping of three of our 15″ x 15″ aluminums, but I encourage you to discuss the size & shape of your project’s wall with one of our design consultants, who will help you develop an amazing contemporary art installation that blurs the lines between natural beauty and scientific fascination. Alien 7 is available up to a maximum size of 72″.