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Borrelia Koi
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13x22 Pastel Pencil, Watercolor and Acrylic on Rives BFK Printmaking Paper
hidden meaning
Even though I designed this painting for someone else it turned out to be a very personal piece. During the time I was getting rolfed, and many years prior, I was trying to understand what was causing so much pain and fatigue in my body. This led me to try many different treatments, a few of them to combat possible Lyme Disease which included taking antibiotics, and later, other less mainstream methods. This was a long, miserable, and ultimately fruitless process, but I couldn't help incorporate my experience into the painting. I gave the koi a "bullseye" marking on its tail (which usually appears at the site of a bite when bitten by an infected tick) and based the shape of its body off a Lyme Disease-related bacteria...I can't remember the name of the co-infecting bacteria now, but I chose the shape of the bacteria over the Lyme spirochete because of the spirochete's corkscrew shape which didn't make for a natural-looking fish. The image of the bacteria, on the other hand, was very similar to an eel. I also named the painting "Borrelia Koi" after the Lyme spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi, which is named after the scientist who identified it. I always planned to make more koi paintings in this style and I'm sure I will in the not too distant future, but my new ones will probably have a much different inspiration behind them! How to Order
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-Quality weight and opacity -One size 13"x22" print with approximate 1-inch border Price per print $60
- Edition limit 25 prints - Superior weight and opacity - Acid and lignin free - Comes numbered, dated and signed by the artist - One size 13"x22" print with approximate 1-inch border Price per print $165 24 of 25 prints available
This Original Work is sold. Borrelia Koi mixed media painting.
About this drawing...
This was one of my first if not the first mixed media paintings I created. Looking back on the date I can't believe how much time has passed since 2011 when I made this in my senior year of high school.
I painted it for a woman who agreed to provide me with her health services in exchange for an original piece of art. She does a certain kind of deep massage called rolfing. It's painful but effective in loosening up stubborn muscles. She wanted me to draw something 'oceany', so I drew a fish that has hand-like fin structure representing her profession, and the moon which controls the tides. I incorporated some anatomical features (the teardrop-shaped eye pupil, and antennae-like fins) from my pet goramis, a kind of tropical fish. Vertical Divider
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