Diving Humpback on White Canvas Print

My "Diving Humpback" is an acrylic on a round wood panel. I created the abstract background using the acrylic pouring technique. I love using this technique because of the great bubbly water effect I get from it.

The original painting is round and does not come with the white background.

Did you know most humpback whales don’t actually have a hump on their back? The name is derived from the hump that appears when they arch their backs prior diving. A humpback whale head is covered with tubercles (knobs). Each knob contains at least one piece of stiff hair. Humpbacks have two blowholes, one for each lung. The whales need to think about breathing. This is why they sleep with one eye open and only rest half of their brain at a time.

The whales come to Hawaii to breed and give birth. They do not eat while in Hawaii. They feed in Alaska before migrating here. Humpback whales don’t have teeth, they have what’s called baleen plates. These plates act like a filter,...

Darice Machel McGuire lived on the beautiful Island of Maui from 2012 until the Lahaina fire on August 8th, 2023, destroyed her art studio. She and her husband have relocated to Grass Valley, California. They purchased a commercial building to reestablish their art studios. McGuire's Hawaii and California landscape oil and acrylic paintings are gracing the homes and offices of collectors nationally and internationally. McGuire's choice of subject matter comes from her love of nature and all that surrounds her on a daily basis. She paints in large and small formats. Three of the five galleries that represented her work were destroyed by the Lahaina fire. The two remaining galleries are Karen Lei's Gallery in Kahakuloa and Karen Lei's...