Dancing Koi

24x24"Mixed media, acrylic, and leather. Gallery wrapped on 1.5" thick stretcher bars.
 
Obsessive a little? I thought it would be a great idea to cut out circles of different textured leather and mix them up as scales but then I realized that the other parts of it seemed too flat, so I cut thin straps to blend in for the fins, and tail. I can’t stop staring at it…