#contemporary art | Linda Holt

Just before leaving for Hawaii I was able to ship this commission to a

new client in Maryland.

She’s a big fan of my koi paintings and has a gorgeous koi pond of

her own.

This particular piece is a variation of a much larger one I had made

in 1988 titled, “Koi School 11,” 54 inches square.

It was her favorite.

There were two enormous koi ponds at both ends of our hotel in Lanai.

I took a bunch of photos at different times throughout the day.

The staff kindly provided fish food that I used to lure them into a

roiling water frenzy. (Another favorite motif of mine.)

Still digesting all the images before I leap back into painting them again.

It’s unusual for me to let a painting go without having good documentation

of it first – a slide, 4×5 transparency, or more recently a good photo.

Unfortunately in this case, none of that happened.

It was sold. To Mass General in Boston.

And apparently resides at one of the nurses’ stations in OB-GYN.

I had hoped to track it down – there are many locations where it

could be – but that was before all the Covid restrictions.

Oh well. Someday.

The title is “Reversible Koi” because it is just that, meant to be

hung either way. Hence, I signed it along the left edge.

I don’t remember the dimensions.

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