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Gold Descent, Orange Koi in a Painted Pond

A bright orange koi swims head-down near the surface of a dark pond. The water around it is filled with reflected blues, reds, purples and greens, plus clear round bubbles. The image has a soft, painted look, with swirling brushstroke-like texture throughout.

A single glowing orange koi drifting head-down through water that looks brushed on in thick paint, with rainbow reflections and glassy bubbles around it. Most koi art shows fish in a calm, even pond. Here the fish is the one bright warm note against a dark pond, and the water around it is a mosaic of blue, red, purple and green. Someone who wants a colourful, painterly koi that still reads clearly as a fish would choose this one.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski