Irene Meniconi captured the beauty of many spectacular animals through her illustrations, taking us everywhere from the African savanna to the high seas. She caught our eye with her show-stopping fish drawings that capture these magnificent creatures in perfect detail.
Meniconi is an Italian artist, who moved from Florence to Chianti at a pretty young age, and its natural beauty shaped the rest of her artistic journey for the years to come. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and started experimenting in the realm of mixed media, mostly focusing on realistic pen drawing.
According to her official website, “Irene has lived in close contact with nature [since childhood], immersing herself in it, experimenting and shaping through her psyche everything that has to do with the Earth, with matter, with mystery, fantasy, and creativity.”
Meniconi enjoys immersing herself in nature through her art, and we’ve seen her celebrate the endless beauty of many species through her body of work, from birds and horses to insects and reptiles.
She caught our eye with her incredibly realistic fish illustrations that perfectly capture the elusive beauty of these marine animals. She has a soft spot for betta fish, and we’ve seen her use her artistic talent to celebrate the incredible diversity of this species.