“The style of this watercolor is similar to Japanese, with the transparency of watercolors giving this work elegance and sophistication. Once I admired koi that were swimming in a quiet pond. The reflection of clouds on the surface of the pond created the sense that the fish were swimming in the sky, diving into the clouds. In Japanese, koi is a homophone for "affection" or "love"; therefore the fish itself has come to represent these concepts. It is regarded as the "divine fish", associated with heavenly matters and spreading happiness and prosperity wherever it swims.”
