Koi Meets World

This book is dedicated to all those who could, would, and should find their voices. Included within this book is the 2017 experimental painting that became the catalyst for this book. The lines on the pages of poetry are there for you to write or draw your own thoughts and ideas.

The paintings in this book are a form of acrylic pour painting. A relatively thin background of black paint was first applied to a square canvas. Next, small puddles of the three contrasting colors are layered along the perimeter of the canvas. Now the fun begins! The canvas is affixed to a turntable device and then given a spin. Yes, paint goes flying off the edges!

When the spinning stopped, I was struck with the notion that my abstract art experiment looked like the koi fish in ponds at a botanical garden. Once the paint had settled and dried a bit, I dropped in eyes and then brush and toothpick painted a point of interest in the center of my koi ponds.