It was funded through Illuminate, a donor-funded effort to revitalize San Francisco using large-scale art. It took Novy and his team three days to paint the whale-sized koi fish in Fulton Plaza.

Workshop in the art of Chinese brush painting with Chinese artist Chi Zhang focusing on the traditional painting of fish. Discover the fascinating art of Chinese brush painting and try your hand at ...

If you've wandered around San Francisco much, odds are you've seen a few fish on ... period to hide Chinese lucky numbers in koi paintings. "Depending on how many koi were in a painting and ...