Dray Van Beeck Portfolio

Parrotfish, 44 x 59cm, from the Hybrids digital art series by Dray van Beeck
Parrotfish, 44 x 59cm, from the Hybrids digital art series by Dray van Beeck

In this issue, we celebrate Dutch digital artist and dive professional Dray van Beeck, who passed away suddenly on 19 April 2021. Together with his wife, Karin, he managed the Bali Diving Academy Pemuteran in Indonesia. A fine artist, avid diver and underwater photographer, Dray created surreal and fantastical scenes in digital artworks composed using his own underwater images.

Clownfish at different anemones get stripes at different rates

Scientists have discovered that how fast the white stripes that run down the clownfish’s body develop depends on the sea anemone it lives in.

Specifically, they found out that the clownfish living in the giant carpet anemone and those living in the magnificent sea anemone develop stripe patterns (called “bars”) at different speeds as they matured from the larval to the adult stage.