Fine Artist and Illustrator, Sam Scalz is an extremely knowledgeable naturalist, passionate aquarium and vivarium keeper, very diverse and accomplished fisherman and an entertaining media personality. He studies his subjects and gets familiar with them before featuring them in his award winning paintings and drawings. An aquarium industry icon for over three decades, his passion is hard to match. Having worked in the exotic pet industry for most of his life, he has kept and bred many species of fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, giving him a unique perspective. His channel delves into, not only his art techniques, but also records his travels across the world to do field research in the wild or at zoos and private collections, meeting many interesting people along the way!