Koi Water Garden
by Jack Zulli
Title
Koi Water Garden
Artist
Jack Zulli
Medium
Painting - Digital Art
Description
Koi ,Japanese: [koꜜi]) or more specifically nishikigoi, literally "brocaded carp"), are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.
Koi varieties are distinguished by coloration, patterning, and scalation. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream. The most popular category of koi is the Gosanke, which is made up of the Kohaku, Taisho Sanshoku, and Showa Sanshoku varieties.
The word koi comes from Japanese, simply meaning "carp". It includes both the dull grey fish and the brightly colored varieties. What are known as koi in English are referred to more specifically as nishikigoi in Japan (literally meaning "brocaded carp"). In Japanese, koi is a homophone for another word that means "affection" or "love"; koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan. The koi is also an often recurring symbol in Irezumi, the Japanese art of traditional tattooing.
Carp are a large group of fish originally found in Central Europe and Asia. Various carp species were originally domesticated in East Asia, where they were used as food fish. The ability of carp to survive and adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be propagated to many new locations, including Japan. Natural color mutations of these carp would have occurred across all populations. Carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) led to the development of the goldfish.
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July 19th, 2013
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Comments (88)
Mary Wolf
This is such a pleasing digital work, Jack. Like the many shades of blue with just a touch of pink in the water. l/f
Bruce Bley
Wonderful image, Jack. Love the composition and processing. F/L I would like to invite you to submit this image to my group "Fish Artists". It would make a great addition to our group.
Jean OKeeffe dba Macro Abundance Art
Fabulous photography and processing! Congratulations for your Special Highlight Feature Artist presentation on WFS! v
Hanne Lore Koehler
Marvelous digital creation, Jack!!! Congratulations on you SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group! L/F
Deb Halloran
Hi Jack, What a beautiful work of art. Congratulations on you SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group. Nicely done. v/l
Ernie Echols
Congrats on being selected as one of the SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED WFS ARTISTS FOR THE WEEK!!!
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! Forever, Elvis http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Jack Zulli replied:
Once again, THANK YOU for the continued support and recognition of my hard work!;) Greatly appreciated Randy!!!
Joan Carroll
congrats on being selected SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED WFS ARTISTS FOR THE WEEK with this wonderful image! v
Judy Palkimas
Jack, Congratulations on being SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED WFS ARTIST FOR THE WEEK in WFS! Lovely work! f/v
Doug Kreuger
Very Cool, Jack, awesome colors and visual texture! Congratulations on your WFS Highlight Feature! L/V&F
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