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This is the Hawaiian state fish, a humuhumunukunukuapua'a or humuhumu for short. The name means "the fish that snorts like a pig. It is a type of trigger fish, so named because it has a short spike-like dorsal fin it can pull up like a trigger and lock itself in small crevices in coral so larger fish can't pull it out and eat it. It is colorful, but not good eating.
The original was a hand pulled lithographic print made off of an artist created polyester printing plate. This print was made using a stipple technique on the plate to create a form of shading even though the lithographic printing method only prints one solid color for each mark. The artist also created a slight haze around each dot by inking with a very oily ink so some of the color seeped into the open spaces around the dots. This is part of the creative hand printing process that a machine can't perform. It makes for a more subtle and artistic look. It was made to be a 6X8" print, and by adding a 1 inch wide mattin...