About

Ah! I love fish. Love to see them. Love to keep them. Breed them, paint them, eat them... (ouch, sorry for that...). Oh yeah, I love fish in each and every way.
A fish a day? There are hardly enough days per year to keep up with the descriptions of newly discovered species, as every year about 200 - 400 new species of fish are described. (Source: Catalog of Fish / Eschmeyer & Fong). Some with beautiful colours. Some with strange habits, or found in strange habitats. And some hardly recognisable as fish. So, even if I would make a drawing every day, it would only be a glimpse of the more than 33,000 species known today. 

The fish in the logo does not exist. (Yeah, right, a great way to start...). However it's based on a real pipefish. A relative of the well known seahorses.

I will present a new illustration of a fish every week. Either drawn on paper or painted on canvas. The paintings will take some more time, as I use acrylics mixed with sand. Water and sand, a peculiar combination? Probably makes you wonder: 'Who's the real queer fish?'. Well, try to find out by reading the posts on this blog!

So... This is not 'a painting a day' blog. The blog entries of 'A Queer Fish' are weekly illustrations and short stories; all about fish. Queer fish. Strange and exotic fish, 'described' in words and vision by Eduard Meinema.

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Like to have some more fun? Prints, mugs and other cool fish stuff based on my blog entries are available at my printshop.