Koi woodland Light filters through the trees

Light filters through the trees and I look up

Window sills lined with terracotta pots of scarlet Geraniums

A thousand tears fall for the plight of the elephants

The total image size is 194 x 130 x 3 cm

from the strong line in the tree trunks to the soft swirls and curves of the foliage

Koi woodland Light filters through the treesKoi, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 x 2 cm Koi, a flickering glimmer of red and gold, the water twists and turns. The green blue depths shine emerald as spectral life glides by. I glimpse the colour, I hang my hand in the water, I feel the cool space where the graceful red phantoms live. I lose hours, watching, feeling myself being lulled with the gentle motion around me. Bubbles rise to the surface, golden sunlight refracts the shapes, I remember the legend