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Lantern Koi - Golden Fish in Deep Blue Water

A bright golden-yellow koi fish swims diagonally across a deep blue, textured pond. Dark brown and olive shapes curve through the upper right of the water, and a few small pale spots dot the surface. The whole scene has a soft, painterly look.

A single golden koi that looks lit from within, gliding corner to corner through deep navy water. The gold-on-dark contrast stops the eye from across a room, and the brushed, oil-like surface keeps it from looking like a snapshot of a fish. Someone wants it because it is one bright animal and one strong diagonal, with plenty of calm blue around it, not because it is one more koi pond.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski