This painting was the result of a little game of "what can I do with this?" I got interested in the idea of seeing how many fishy instruments I could wedge into one drum kit. This combines a number of my favorite themes: music, fish, and ornate, complicated costumes. As always, the finished work is only an instrument - instrument, get it? - to get you to interact with the image. So, how many denizens of the deep can you find? - James C. Christensen