Create an original refined contemporary Chinese ink painting on warm ivory rice paper. Three elegant vermilion-and-white koi fish circle slowly beneath the water, arranged in a balanced flowing composition with natural fish anatomy and clearly distinct fins and tails. Express the water using sparse charcoal-gray ink ripples and large areas of luminous empty paper. Add a few muted olive lotus leaves near the edge and restrained fine antique-gold accents. Beautiful mineral-pigment grain, delicate scales, fluid brushwork and sophisticated poetic simplicity. Vertical 3:4 finished artwork. No calligraphy, seals, letters, border, logos or watermark.
