A pale koi drifts across a slate blue pond, its cream body flecked with orange and rust spots, whiskers trailing as it moves. Just above it, a single lotus has opened wide beside its broad round leaf. Valerie Ashby built this lotus and koi fish painting with a palette knife, laying down thick, carved strokes so every petal and scale catches the light.
The water is where the knife work really shows. Flat swipes of blue, gray and olive break into ripples around the fish, and the lotus petals fade from soft cream to pink at the tips. It reads as a Japanese koi painting, but with the texture and weight of modern impasto.
This is for anyone who wants peaceful wall art that still has some life in it. Collectors of koi fish prints, people drawn to Japanese style wall art, and anyone who simply likes a quiet pond scene will find a lot to look at here.
As canvas wall art, it settles nicely into a bedroom, reading nook, or meditation corner, and works as koi fish wall decor in a hallway that needs a calm moment. Pair it with natural wood and soft linens for a zen wall art canvas that feels warm rather than stark.