School of Fish was created for the children’s section of the Athens Public Library, where a row of painted panels runs along the wall above the picture-book shelves.

Two panels in the early stages, the fish shapes masked off with newspaper over pencil layout lines

A panel part-painted, deep blue and green water filling in around the masked white shape of a fish

Another panel underway, blue water and green seaweed worked in around the reserved white fish

A panel with the orange laid in over the top, newspaper still masking the water below

The finished panels seen down the length of the library wall, the largest fish nearest the camera