Leap to Heaven

NOTE: This isn't totally finished, and still needs a couple of touches, like the teeth, but it's nearly there.

This watercolor painting is part of my upcoming display at a booth at a local koi show in Puyallup, this Saturday. It's based off of a legend, entailing that, if a koi is strong enough to swim up (I believe) the Yellow River and jump over a particular bridge that the koi becomes a dragon and ascends to Heaven.

I wanted the image to be explosive, joyful, and celebratory of life.