Over the months of Summer 2021 I spent time with my angel fish, Devil Fish. He is named such because he is an aggressive fish and can only bear to live with our sucker fish, Other Daryl. During the days of the CZU fire our sky was orange and ash rained upon our property. Devil Fish watched daily and was visibly agitated when I would approach his tank shaking his head in fear and frustration. Since the end of the CZU fire Devil Fish has become much more relaxed. This three tryptic oil painting is a portrait of Devil Fish and the passage of time he watched the CZU light our skies and threaten our home. The work is executed on laminated birch board panels primed with gesso. This work utilizes a limited pallet, excluding any true black pigments. Nearly all of the paints were mixed directly from pigment in a suspension of both boiled and raw linseed oil. The darkest value pigment used was Payne's Grey. It was used to apply the shadow of the overhead light fixture that cast across the surface and room in the evenings. The finished work is over 20 feet in length and 4 feet high. The work is still drying, but is available for purchase or exhibition.