#326 Koi and Ripples #326 T-Shirt

t-shirts koi t-shirts fish t-shirts goldfish t-shirts fish still life t-shirts pond t-shirts ripples t-shirts water t-shirts nursery t-shirts loomis t-shirts placer county t-shirts watercolor and ink t-shirts waves t-shirts reflections t-shirts mixed media t-shirts

paintings koi paintings fish paintings goldfish paintings fish still life paintings pond paintings ripples paintings water paintings nursery paintings loomis paintings placer county paintings watercolor and ink paintings waves paintings reflections paintings mixed media paintings

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

At the High Hand Nursery in Loomis, I saw this view of the Koi pond that had an interesting pattern of black and gray waves. Using a reference photograph I painted a full sheet of the Koi and ripples. The black parts of the waves were carefully painted with a brush and black ink which took a number of days to get it just right. The rest was painted with watercolor and the Koi stood out against the black and white background.

This 22" X 30" painting was done on a sheet of Winsor Newton,140 lb, cold press watercolor paper.

My search to find my biological family was the genesis of my journey into the world of art. When I finally found my birth family, at the age of 40, I was plunged into a new and very different family. On one occasion while talking with the father I had never known, I discovered that my great uncle was the renowned watercolorist Dong Kingman. Fatefully discovering a cheap watercolor paint set, and intrigued by my relationship with Kingman, I wondered if I had inherited any of his talent. This lingering question spurred me into trying to paint. My first challenge was deciding what subjects I would paint. As a fan of Van Gogh, and knowing that he painted images from his day to day life: houses, fields, people working, I decided to do the...