World-renowned artist James Prosek is on a quest to see, and to paint from life and life-size, the 40 most iconic fish species of the North Atlantic. No one has ever tried this before. The journey takes him from Nova Scotia to Africa to the Caribbean and follows the development of his monumental works. Behind the beautiful paintings, though, lies a discomforting violence that enriches and complicates James's extraordinary art. This is a conservation film that never actually talks about conservation.