by Admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Reefs in Art
Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has created some amazing underwater sculptures; his works in Grenada are well-known amongst the diving community. His latest project, Museo Atlantico, on the island of Lanzarote, features some works with powerful... by Admin | Jan 24, 2016 | Conservation, Reefs in Art, Travel
Last year I had the chance, as part of a commission for a magazine, to dive with a couple of heroes, Doctor Sylvia Earle and Jean-Michel Cousteau.… by Joe Rowlett | Dec 17, 2015 | Conservation, Reefs in Art, Science, Sustainability
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been counting the days until the BBC broadcasts its upcoming nature documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, presented by the legendary Sir David Attenborough. Now, at long last, we are less than two weeks away from the airing of the... by Joe Rowlett | Nov 8, 2015 | Eye Candy, Reefs in Art
Because of this judicious use of artistic license and the general unfamiliarity an early 18th-century Dutchman would have had regarding the reef fishes of Indonesia, an effort had to be made on the part of Renard to verify the legitimacy of the work he was about to... by Joe Rowlett | Nov 7, 2015 | Eye Candy, Reefs in Art
The illustrations featured in this article represent the earliest color images of Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes ever to be printed. They originate from a compendium on the marinelife of Indonesia published in Amsterdam in 1719 by a part-time pharmacist/British spy... by Joe Rowlett | Oct 23, 2015 | Fish, Reefs in Art
The study of coral reef fishes is a relatively recent field within ichthyology. The earliest scientific works, by naturalists such as Artedi, Linnaeus and Forsskål, consisted of little more than a series of terse morphological descriptions, completely lacking any...
